Coming Clean
From EAST COAST BLUES via Bottlecap Press (2022)
JAKE
Shopping malls and parking lots and all the places I knew I liked girls
The first time I was misgendered was at a Taco Bell in Crossgates Mall in upstate New York. Or rather, this is the first time I specifically remember being misgendered.
███come to earth ██████████
An erasure from “Welcome to Earth” by Sturgill Simpson (A Sailors Guide to Earth)
Brace ███ ██████ (████ A Little)
An erasure from “Brace For Impact (Live A Little)” by Sturgill Simpson (A Sailors Guide to Earth)
The Motor Oil (In Bloom)
A découpé poem after Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to the Earth (2016)
a body of work
one by one, I unhooked joints and / rearranged them at my feet in the living room.
Give Me an Opinion
*i wasn’t sure how to form /
an opinion, so i decided to /
watch some YouTube videos /
to see if they could show me how.