i may have a hog body but at least i’m a strong-willed pig [ !!!! ]
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if u see someone w/ the exact same face kill them
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for instance kirsten dunst
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lube via lather—intimacy via stand-in—ice floe via polar bears
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contused—confused [ ???? ]—how odd to see on the street—blossoming w/ neglect
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they look like they’d rather be anywhere else [ how i feel most days ]
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somewhere maybe in ohio [ a funny word ]
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nobody “becomes” an alien [ ur born dat way ]
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the darkest look [ the wettest blade ]
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can’t get it up [ what is “it” ] [ lift it clean peachy flesh ]
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orange chicken [ a kind of flagellation ] [ pinky in my slit u sample it ]
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sweet sausage [ freak meat ] [ casual gait ]
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romney only prepared an acceptance speech [ ((inaudible)) ]
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study his private his genital [ jiffy lube ] [ we seethe ]
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sleepy b— fighting to stay awake [ the phlebotomist ] [ so cute ]
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i’m a fluffer ur the star [ ur fickle but i’m ur constant ]
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u like my loose morals & killer taste [ for some reason daz important ]
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there is nothing that can get in the way of god’s blessings [ except irony ]
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most ppl don’t read poetry—avoid being “most ppl” [ drowned ] [ desperate ]
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when they elected me head boy i believe i misunderstood the requirements of the job
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i just want to be slightly beautiful & lightly educated
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up-&-coming [ ???? ]
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no, i came [ !!!! ]
MICHAEL CHANG is the author of several collections of poetry, including DRAKKAR NOIR (winner of the Bateau Press BOOM Chapbook Contest), CHINATOWN ROMEO (Ursus Americanus Press, 2021), as well as BOYFRIEND PERSPECTIVE (Really Serious Literature, 2021). They edited Lambda Literary's Emerge anthology, and their collection ALMANAC OF USELESS TALENTS is forthcoming from CLASH Books.
