superspreader
{
a cloven clover slovenly did love
barista drippings dropping in her mug
Her friend's frenetic network net above
could nothing garner greater than a shrug.
She blankly banked upon her lankiness
a way to wash away the crimson thorns.
Her solemn, certain cure for loneliness
was dragging ragged pieces home to mourn.
A cast of muted castaways required
those bright green leaves to burn under the sun.
The daylight prison where she then expired
insisted nothing happens just for fun.
She blinked. She glimpsed a droplet in the mirror.
she'll never have to face her greatest fear.
}
{
before I stand before oasis store
until impregnate I surveyless stretch
evasion livelihood moors at the shore
and thankless lighting paints me as a wretch
connected to a motherfucking slave
a scintillating, rental bike affair
with such great care I pick out what I crave
and thankless buzzing slowly eats the air
recovery from feeling like a ghost
among the freedom isles silent burning
has led us one by one out to the coast
and thankless crashing waves demand an earning.
For now, I listen closely (to the void),
ill-gotten Hammurabi Polaroid.
}
{
a princess burning halfway down my throat
my morning in a balderdashed state
fatigue from me could lift as though a coat
if I could be okay with being late
routine and percolating laptop air
imported sense of domesticity
machine reality I do not share
requires certain caffeine tendencies.
Sometimes, it's easier to nothing do.
There sits, outside, a chair of stolen wood.
The noise (like bubbles) from the avenue
demands naught else in order to be good.
Before, I made Joe in the name of love,
but now it's just for when push comes to shove.
}
{
December heartbreak leaves that fall so cold-
instruct our new position system hearts.
We sift, complacent, through the things untold,
so that you'll bless our trickling, fickle parts.
Although the richest sinkhole drinks us in,
although a postcard palsy haunts our life,
your algorithm comes to pull the pin:
we fear your image like we fear the knife.
Magnetic wand'ring pawns set to your North
have found a path from which to never err.
We clamor, now we stumble ever forth
and fall bewitchingly into your snare.
Four-fifths of who you are today remained
five hundred thirty-seven cycles drained.
}