The Diamond Line

The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Literary Magazine

I think sometimes that

I could be famous.

maybe it’s the shape of

my ears or the general

disinterest in having my photo

unexpectedly taken. I have 

always craved 

for someone to tell me

Exactly who to be. someone

qualified. at least twenty years

experience in being above

a constant fear of rejection.

sometimes I imagine that

the bioluminescent stars 

in the corner of my room

form a pattern I can understand. 

become predictive. 

tell me to fail

and land among them.

another bit of glowing plastic.