post-utero instructions
After “Out utero” recorded by Manuel Guerrero and hosted by Cities and Memory
JAKE
heaven-spent
to all but the unheard, who recognize / this sort of shouting from the howl
hey, that rhymes
after “Youth” by Glass Animals
Why My Dissertation is Late
I tried copying someone else’s dissertation, just to feel the keys moving under my fingertips...I also watched 19 Hamlet movies for inspiration (see YouTube links), but all I learned is that Kenneth Branagh looks weird with a mustache.
Postcolonial Takeout Discourse
Exhibit A: the deep-fried Twinkie. / Ex. B: the deep-fried pizza. Novelties / that you might have at the fair once / a year.
Beekeeping Age
Spite has gotten me further in life than / anything else. Is that not a type of / happiness? I live a happier life once I've / had revenge.
The Couple in 5F
It is nice to know my neighbors though, even just a little bit. Knowing your neighbors, even just a little bit, makes NYC apartment living less like living in a big empty box with whispers of occupancy and more like living in a place teeming brimming spinning simmering with people.