~
brace urself
{
floss like Russia is watching
like the stones in your kidneys don’t taste of
feisty cherry or twisted mango
like your human spirit is refreshed
every time you find the right emoji to describe the apocalypse
like you can still feel your nerves
and not that fang set against your neck
like the streets aren’t coded with #bb0a1e
where the asphalt will suck up a pound of blood
reskin, add more white space
no one hears a falling decision tree
but speak in night mode
and maybe we’ll forget how well we’ve been fed
customers also viewed the book of revelation
except every time someone reviews it with a gif
it gets closer
}
~
Cooper Kalamat writes about the underside of contemporary millennial life. Imagine a house party in a Sally Rooney novel that gets gatecrashed by some kids from Bread Gang. He currently lives in his hometown of Bournemouth in the UK.