From the collection And Don’t Come Back, 2021.

Vile Cocktail

I privilege needlessly and
I serial fake-praise and I mess with your head
and I suspend you unaware in lies
I gap you lap you slap you with pseudo-stories
I number my favorites in crayon using the system
I worked out in a bubble bath. I secret-smile
All the time. All the time. All the time.

5/14/20