Stacy Szymaszek
never have drank too much or smoked at all but I do this thing
where I drink black coffee with my replacement
thyroid hormone
did my own reading on this and learned it blocks absorption
habit is habit did my own reading and learned
it’s an autoimmune disease my body attacking my
little butterfly shaped gland and will till the end
of time like an autoimmune disease
K brings me my white
ceramic cup of black coffee each morning we drink it on the bed
before she goes to work sometimes we don’t talk
then I take my pill
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it’s hard to get to know someone
to the point of prediction should’ve know she wouldn’t like
the movie where the women uses 100%
of her brain and turns into a flash drive
too many special effects equivalent to me raising my voice too close
to her face poets worth their salt
know that we exist because of time but Luc Besson isn’t
a poet today I bought gold sneakers online on credit too expensive
it’s not that I don’t have the cash for payment it’s just as bad
the cash was for retirement I began to be able to imagine
a personal future which involved heightened awareness of
citizenship in the world now quality of life
is wishful thinking a celebrity who plays
a lesbian on TV how did you do your research? snicker snicker
well I’ve had a checkered past well-told tale of drug rehab and apparently
homosexuality my dad consoled my mom by saying at least she’s not
an addict criminals are used to
the surveillance footage being on lists you can
never get off it’s no leap but I tend paranoid
HELLO MR. LANDLORD remember when
storm waters were rushing down the stairwell
you asked me to go to the roof and unclog the one drainpipe
me in my boxers with a broom up to my knees in water
plunging out dead leaves
artist lawyer journalist educator criminals propagandize
or be criminal “that’s a whole lot of shake
shake shake…” man to women “when you go in there
don’t talk to any guys” a mother instructs her 8 year old
girl and MR. LANDLORD months later when I locked myself
out and you charged me $75 to let me back in
that was a revelation not the kind
of landlord I was you can ask Mike Hauser
I began to be able to imagine
a personal future with heightened empathy
amidst predictions that media studies will replace English
departments reading strengthens the
attention span makes us harder to
control makes us more empathetic the chokehold has been illegal for 20 years
yet the NYPD used it again on a pregnant woman a black woman grilling
outside her home what is “grilling?” grilling like cooking
it too was caught on video
for the public to see
where I drink black coffee with my replacement
thyroid hormone
did my own reading on this and learned it blocks absorption
habit is habit did my own reading and learned
it’s an autoimmune disease my body attacking my
little butterfly shaped gland and will till the end
of time like an autoimmune disease
K brings me my white
ceramic cup of black coffee each morning we drink it on the bed
before she goes to work sometimes we don’t talk
then I take my pill
it’s hard to get to know someone
to the point of prediction should’ve know she wouldn’t like
the movie where the women uses 100%
of her brain and turns into a flash drive
too many special effects equivalent to me raising my voice too close
to her face poets worth their salt
know that we exist because of time but Luc Besson isn’t
a poet today I bought gold sneakers online on credit too expensive
it’s not that I don’t have the cash for payment it’s just as bad
the cash was for retirement I began to be able to imagine
a personal future which involved heightened awareness of
citizenship in the world now quality of life
is wishful thinking a celebrity who plays
a lesbian on TV how did you do your research? snicker snicker
well I’ve had a checkered past well-told tale of drug rehab and apparently
homosexuality my dad consoled my mom by saying at least she’s not
an addict criminals are used to
the surveillance footage being on lists you can
never get off it’s no leap but I tend paranoid
HELLO MR. LANDLORD remember when
storm waters were rushing down the stairwell
you asked me to go to the roof and unclog the one drainpipe
me in my boxers with a broom up to my knees in water
plunging out dead leaves
artist lawyer journalist educator criminals propagandize
or be criminal “that’s a whole lot of shake
shake shake…” man to women “when you go in there
don’t talk to any guys” a mother instructs her 8 year old
girl and MR. LANDLORD months later when I locked myself
out and you charged me $75 to let me back in
that was a revelation not the kind
of landlord I was you can ask Mike Hauser
I began to be able to imagine
a personal future with heightened empathy
amidst predictions that media studies will replace English
departments reading strengthens the
attention span makes us harder to
control makes us more empathetic the chokehold has been illegal for 20 years
yet the NYPD used it again on a pregnant woman a black woman grilling
outside her home what is “grilling?” grilling like cooking
it too was caught on video
for the public to see