slavery’s illegal
someone please tell my
computer
and my net worth
boobs too big to be cashiering the jiffy
brain too big to be slinging the tits
“where’ve you been?”
i been all over
all the places
that don’t include you
now let’s get back to that

i hate eating out
unless i’m alone
like to pick my teeth in peace
i hate the sound of chewing
and most other things
but i am mostly
nice about it

like a vampire
who craves vitamin D
i feel my contradictions
pushing down on me

and like a migrant worker
i crave roots beneath my feet
but i’ve sullied this sward with corpses
and now the townies bleat like flock

i’d die without music and
i need silence desperately
“leave me alone”
shot through with “i’m lonely”
i careen through smiling souls
a drunk driver sailing sidewalk
they’re all just in my way

i remember my faith
like i remember my first mix-tape
it was crafted just for me
i played it on repeat
till its affect collapsed
and it’s long gone now