What to wear
Sweating through a long-
Sleeved shirt, not accounting for
The sun. Chilly-hot.
Working
Round Table office
Collective headaches holler,
Cold night slipped away
What’s that smell
Stinky rock river,
Quiet down now, let your flow
Cease, go to silence
yowch!
Criss-cross-applesauce
On the brink of going numb
Blood silence the stream
Cigarette clarity
bird, dead at the grate
Pesticides, clear glass window
Things rise, all things fall
All day
Coffee brews in a
sweaty room where I work, I
Will not see the sun.
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Vivian Kopka is a Junior at Beloit College, and has been working on The Round Table since her Freshman year. She’s served as Copy Editor(spring 2024), Web Editor(fall 2024 and spring 2025), Back Editor(spring 2025), Graphics Editor(spring 2025), and is currently one of the Editors-In-Chief.



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