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i feed the snake my feet. 
a riptide once took me to 
a mall without windows.
i bought a dog & had no where
to put her. 
there is a planet where nothing 
is urgent. everyone moves
like snails. dear god one day
i am going to be cancelled
& it'll be loud & glorious. 
i'll make a twitter account again
& log on to the evil receipt land.
an ad for fingers. an ad for teeth.
an ad for escape. two disasters
are kissing. now they've had a baby.
now we need to learn how to 
grow enough food to survive.
i just want to eat cereal
with my hands. get sugar beneath
my fingernails. in a dream i am
touring colleges again. i am seventeen
& still trying to figure out
how to be a girl. there is a celebrity 
who spontaneously combusted 
in the middle of a public park.
a maintenance worker is quoted saying,
"the ashes smelled sweet." if i pop up
in a conversation about witches 
try to defend me. lie for me
& tell them i am a good little goat farmer.
we name hurricanes because we know
they are someone's daughter.
the most trending audio right now
is the sound of a siren overlaid
with drumbeats. mostly, we have
stopped knowing what we're saying.
it is thursday so we talk about
the water spirits. i feed them chicken bones.
men demolish the old dixie cup factory. 
in the rubble there is a flip phone
with a picture of a ghost crouched inside.