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Foreword According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly.

Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.

The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

Ooh, black and yellow!

Let's shake it up a little.

Barry! Breakfast is ready!

Ooming!

Hang on a second.

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Bee Movie (2007)

by shake’s peer Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a literary icon that illustrates the extents of the human psyche, exploring the subconscious through his inner dialogue for the benefit of the audience. And yet, as one pays greater attention to his diction, wordplay appears within the structured lines of a soliloquy and his offhanded comments.

While one may consider such wordplay to be Hamlet’s method of deriving wit, the true reasoning behind such a complex yet basic literary technique is its nature of unraveling the structure of a word into its mere components.

Puns reveal the ability of linguistics to be both straightforward and convoluted they serve as an informing opposite to help the reader process the duality of a phrase.

Under an initial scan, a pun may seem to be a mere joke, a grasp at humor, possibly. Yet it reveals so much more under a second, slightly longer, scan. For in the milliseconds of a single glance, during which disappointment and mild annoyance pass through the reader’s mind, the writer and the reader develop a tangible connection, where they share a nod tinged with

1 amusement, which is later dispelled by the resulting chaos of the sentence.

For in works of literary mastery, whether they be plays or short stories, pieces of dialogue or complete autobiographies, puns buoy the reader through a mutual understanding. Metaphors extrapolate a hidden feeling to a different world, repetition emphasizes an important concept, and yet puns are unique as a literary technique for they create the connection with the reader that the author yearns for.

For despite the differences in language that each party may have, they can agree that puns are both wondrous and terrible, the highest form of literary techniques while simultaneously being hated by the masses. Appearing in timeless plays and daily conversations alike, puns carry through daily life like a solitary traveler, passed from hand to hand, carrying facets of the human spirit just as they carry a meaning hidden within the folds of individual letters.

A Thesis

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Google Search

By Nichelle Wong

the search history of a hopeless romantic

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Bad Quarantine Sonnets My Hygienic Lover Dreary clouds loom over the town Here I am watching the rain pour down Filling my heart with sorrow Counting minutes till tomorrow With a brand new beginning And my heart will soon be singing For the clouds will part and give way to the light So I can spread my wings and take flight Away from the pain of yesterday And towards the open doorway New opportunities More uncertainties Once a lost bird in the storm Will fly towards the sky airborne Because I know there is no rain above the clouds

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by gray daniels COVID-19 Divorce Her voice is loathsome to my ear like coughs To any hypochondriac today.

Her skin is rough and freaking puts me off Like paper towels dredged up to save pay.

Her company forced on by quarantine Annoys me more than clashing White House speak.

With droning presence like bubonic fleas, My interest dropped past some long-ago peak.

Our arguments run on and on in loops More times than I’ve seen “virus” in the news.

The longer we’re stuck in this dirty coop, The lower chance that marriage stays what we will choose.

Though swear we did in sickness or in health, We will divorce unexpectedly in health.

Unsuspecting by simone khandpekar

Salt and sugar, Mentos in ice.

Add it to their soda, it’ll be so nice.

Springtime is here!

There might be a deer, Look closely, but you must stay near.

Right now, you’re in my sphere.

But, are you a fool?

I see yards of tulle, An empty blue pool, And a little white stool.

Flowers are blooming upside down, The bunny hops around and around, Today we're living in a ghost town, And they say our frowns can turn upside down.

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And they say our frowns can turn upside down.

The Pen and the Sword

Journal Entry #69

Entry #70

I swear, everyone’s going insane. A few days ago, my teacher told me that “the pen is mightier than the sword”, which if you ask me, is stupid. The pen can complete my homework, but it can’t stab things.

Turns out the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword” isn’t meant to be taken literally. The meaning of the phrase is that words are more powerful than weapons. Who could’ve known that? Never in history has there ever been a recorded instance where words were used to influence people more than swords did. Not even once. I should know because I paid a solid three seconds of attention in APUSH. There’s even more evidence! The word “sword” has the word “word” in it, plus an extra letter. Five letters are greater than four letters, therefore swords are better than words.

I brought a sword to class yesterday. I only had to break into one museum, so it wasn’t a huge deal. I didn’t get why people were so surprised when I pulled it out of my backpack.

I made eye-contact with my teacher while violently stabbing my homework. I stared into her eyes as long as possible, so I could make the point that the swords are very strong. I kind of felt bad for the desk, ‘cause the desk didn’t deserve to be hurt when I drove the sword vehemently into my essay. The teacher screamed, my classmates screamed, and the police were called. I don’t get it. I mean, all I did was show that the sword is definitely mightier than the pen.

Because the pen can complete my homework, but the sword can finish it.

Entry #71 I have been in police custody for the past two days because I broke into a museum and brought a weapon to school. C’mon, it was just one museum! And the sword was pretty gnarly looking and not that sharp, so I doubted that they needed it anymore.

Entry #72 So I went out guns blazing, minus the guns and the blazing. I went out, but then I had to go back to the station to use the bathroom. Some policemen got really mad at me. Turns out you aren’t allowed to leave the cell.

by Lisa Feng

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They should’ve told me that to begin with! I had such a hard time trying to fit through the cell bars.

Entry #73 My science teacher would be so proud of me! I tried an experiment yesterday. I nicely asked the policeman to let me out of this cell. He said some stuff about waiting for trial or lawyers or bail or something, but I wasn’t listening, because that pretty much meant a “no”, I think. So I punched him through the bars, stole the keys, and left. Even without weapons, it seems that violence is better than talking.

Entry #74 Got caught while I was walking out of the facility and I was almost dragged back to my holding cell. I whacked the guy in the head with my journal and stabbed him with the pen I was using to write this with.

There might be some merit to the phrase after all. Huh.

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THE ONLY ACUPUNCTURE YOU NEED

by Kay Krachenfels second semester senior

I’m not Rapunzel, but here’s some advice: Go ahead, make a pun!

But beware—your friends may look very done.

They might be tempted to throw a punch or two… but that’s the punchline; is it not true?

Or, then, what about the term ‘wordplay?’

The answer: it still seems to lead to dismay.

Then, I suppose it suffices to say You’ll make them laugh another day.

Your friends might not yet be eagerly depundant.

But there’s a challenge yet; that the glint in your devious punner’s eye might lead them to punder and try to decipher the web of words that was spun, only to come up empty-handed: none.

Victorious at last. You laugh, but it dies quickly, because when you have to explain the joke, strictly speaking from their perspective, it’s no longer funny.

Eh, too bad.

Just laugh at your own words—swords? words are a weapon, after all—you’re punny.

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