NO CONVENIENT APOCALYPSE
Michael Chang
: : WHEN I SAW THAT PILE OF BOOKS BY UR BED : :
: : I KNEW I WAS URS : :
: : READ THE BOOKS U READ : :
: : TO FEEL CLOSE TO U : :
: : LIKE SOMEONE SPECIAL : :
: : ON THE BED WERE THE SMELLS : :
: : IN THOSE YEARS WE LOST TRACK OF MIRACLES : :
: : TIME BREEZY & FORGETTABLE : :
: : DIGNITY FLAPPING IN THE WIND : :
: : OUR OWN WEATHER OUR OWN COUNTRY : :
: : NO PASSPORTS NOTHING AT A DISTANCE : :
: : UR A RUNNER UR A TRACKSTAR : :
: : JUST EXPENSIVE GIN & PEANUT BRITTLE : :
: : IT’S DANGEROUS TO DRAW PARALLELS : :
: : HIDING OURSELVES : :
: : SLICK-DOCK BLIZZARD : :
: : ME FLOATING FACEDOWN : :
: : STORM-BEATEN SALMON : :
: : UR TALONS MEETING MY NECK : :
: : THE SOUND OF DAD SMACKING MOM’S ASS : :
: : SOMETHING LIKE MILK : :
: : SO COLD : :
MICHAEL CHANG (they/them) is the author of many collections of poetry, including SYNTHETIC JUNGLE (Northwestern University Press, 2023) & EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS (GreenTower Press, 2024). They edit poetry at Fence.
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