Jun 14
1 min read
POETRY
Fleas
At 6 I knew that “fuck” was the word to use
whenever you were angry or frustrated
or wanted to get under someone’s skin.
This was back before I knew words like
rancor
and spite
and abuse.
Teacher. Satirist. Scholar. Published in Slackjaw, Points in Case, McSweeney’s, Ben Jonson Journal, and elsewhere. Definitely not a robot. Or an alien.
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