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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Runner-Up | Speak Electric

Carrington Bryan | Assistant Visuals Editor

Scranton’s hist’ry of sound

Speaks in my failure to say “t”

Especially in the

middle of words where it blends deep

 

As silt in the murky

Lacky’s orange brown blood spurts

From the bore hole. Flooded

Mines innervate the soul

 

Of the hard-packed valleys

With mountains that shift and shape us.

Revenge on the glaciers?

Smells like a Folger’s scented hug

 

Hugs wake the mind, replete

The lungs that skip t’s and stand on

“I’s” iota in “crick”

To get a clearer view of home