the influencers are gaslighting us
“and when the debt collector calls
tells me to pay up I am covered
head to toe in lavender, sunbathing on the deck
sucking hard on a pressed green juice…”
The First Thing I Give Up
“There is the white belly of a hawk bending
over the Ford dealership on Central Avenue
and there is the voice of my fear which says
I’ll kill you for exposing me.”