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My dad inspires me the way
a car crash inspires a new driver to get on the road.
When he invites me to church to save my soul for the eightieth time
it inspires me to convert to Buddhism.
When my dad talks about the chemtrails in the sky poisoning
all of us and killing the earth, it inspires me to hire a team of scientists to study him.
When he’s dragging a trash can slopping blood and full of
chicken carcasses he just butchered because it’s “organic” into the kitchen,
it inspires me to eat a steady diet of Oreos and packaged ramen.
But a fourth, very real, way my dad inspires me is in his soul.
In the way he can turn planks of wood into a cabinet in a matter of hours.
In the practical way he lectures me about checking the oil in my car.
In the gentle way he listens instead of speaks.
In fact, the ways my dad inspires me
might just be
infinite.

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Author:

Lindsey Smith is a senior English major who hopes to be an editor one day. She loves classic rock, Jack & Coke, and most of all, dogs.

Artist:

Makaelyn Glienke is a junior double majoring in Advertising and Photography. Her photography career began by taking sports photos, but now, she has ventured into doing more product, fashion, and portrait photography.

Voice Actor:

Katelyn Stewart is a junior at Morningside College who is studying Music Education and Vocal Performance. She is involved in theatre, CNAFME, SNATS, APO, lyric opera, and much more. She is originally from the town of Crofton, Nebraska. At Morningside, she has participated in eight shows as well as numerous concerts. She is excited to be involved in recording poems for Kiosk