The Eckleburg Project

Texas A&M's Official Literary Journal

The Eckleburg Project is the official undergraduate literary journal of Texas A&M University. We are an undergraduate organization featuring student poetry, prose, and art. Now with thirteen issues under our belt, we started with the idea that art should be free and easily accessible to the community.

Our staff is composed of undergraduate students and editors who select pieces to be published semesterly under a process of blind review. For information on how to join, go to our apply page. For information on how to submit, go to our submissions page. For general inquiries, or just to say hello, contact our organizational email at theeckleburgproject@gmail.com.

As always, we thank you for your support as we continue to foster art here at Texas A&M.

Sin by Rose Moczygemba

February 20, 2020  /  The Eckleburg Project

The bitter tang of guilt at the back of your throat

Choking you

Filling your lungs with cloying poison

You are the stringed wooden puppet

 

A red dress clinging to sharp curves

Perfume hanging in the air

Flowery, a vanilla sunrise

 

The lips that kiss you gently in the moments between sleep and wakefulness

 

Behind the mask of the innocent little girl

The devil you know

Eyes sparking red too quickly to be certain

 

Love and lust and anger, wrapped up in one being

 

How are we to recognize sin?

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