poetry You’ve Got [Fe]male 20 Oct 2020 “Hi” I amIn yourInbox. [Or MaybeYou’ve sinceMarked meAs junk?] —- You saidYou wantedTo be a DJ… …well, ya know——-You’d be aReal G[male]—- —If you gave meA——second spin. —- ..Scratch at…
poetry Sim-You-Nation 16 Oct 2020 I learnedHow to beAn adultBy PlayingThe Sims. —- As a childI didn’t haveTo worry, My parentsBought all theExpansionPacks for me. The gameDidn’t let myCharacterHave a job. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ —- In game,…
poetry My cat 14 Oct 202014 Oct 2020 KneadsAt theSoft bed. She watchesAnd is intentlyBeing watched. —- Those whoAbandon EngageIn similarSelf-soothingTactility; Feeling spaceThey————-——-Relegate—Themselves | | Behind | ||| | Cover | ||| | Of eyes | | ———————…
poetry To be Invisible Glass 13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020 PretendI am aScreen. Look @ me. ScrollThroughMy feeds, & analyzeMy data. —- LayAround; HoldingMe InYour Hands —-So Many——-Times You loseAll desireto see me... ...& then...Scroll me ——Some——More. —- For sanity…
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poetry I am 9 Oct 202010 Oct 2020 MarriedTo[o] theCollectionOf robotsThat liveInside myHome; Sucking,Scrubbing,Spitting,And rubbing -All-my DirtyHumanness-———-Away. —- People, OtherHumans [Like theBaristasAndServiceWorkers I see(Sometimes)], Know I amMarried BecauseI wear——— ———-A ring;RepresentingEach oneOf them——- —On—ALL—-—-My fingers—And—-toes. —- These, My…
poetry 🚔Wee-woo🚨Wee-woo🚔 9 Oct 202010 Oct 2020 Do youKnow whyI pulledYou over, son? —- You areUnder. Arrest. ——Effective————Immediately——Because——- ———The amount———Of attentionI am—Not-GettingIs-Actually-Illegal. —- My accountBalance of Knowing eyesAnd smirks Reflects-So—-——-Far in the———negative I am declaring—-Bankruptcy. —- “Knock,…
poetry You are the 6 Oct 20206 Oct 2020 Prismatic gem———splitting—-perspectiveInto rainbows On my otherwisematte sur[e]face. —- Northern lightsOf digital skies I frequentedEach night, Until redshiftGeomagneticallyOpposed you To dancingIn my Storms. —- Kindred spiritDisillusionedBy my ouijaBored andParlor tricks, And…
poetry I have Been Wading 4 Oct 2020 On theOcean ofMissing youFor So Long, I’m gettingScurvyOver here. —- I have theCabin Fever ofMissing you. —- The CreaturesOf us Live on in theDeepest partsOf my memorseas. Not a dayGoes…
poetry Not To Be Dramatic, But… 2 Oct 20202 Oct 2020 SinceYou left: AmericaBroke out InLong overdueRace riots, My momWas putOn hospice For herLung cancer And died, My dadGot COVIDAnd———-—SomehowSurvived— ——-WhileMillions ofOthers—— —Weren’t— ——So lucky, And I Can’tGet myselfTo work-—Ever Since.
