Saturday, July 5, 2025

The Contraption You Bought to Build Your Jawline

 


 Ill-fitting latex

too thick leather gloves (they remind me of someone's mother)

over-quoting Sartre (does he need to be quoted at all?)

and the misunderstanding of Stoicism 

when what is really happening 

is the simple 

losing 

battle 

of emotional regulation.


I am tired of smiles that have too much gum

and unintelligent contradictions

like bosses who cry

and bottoms 

you don't like to be told 

what to do.