i read Tao Lin's poems today
from you are a little bit
happier than i am
i reveled in each
slurped them through the straw
stuck in the concrete
of a milkshake
like i was desperate
and they were coming into my brain
too slowly
maybe like a brain freeze
but it didn't quite feel like that
and i put the book down
and tingled
I haven't left my apartment building
today
and you are a little bit
happier than i am
is staring at me
and i shout
no i'm not
you have published a book
and probably live in nyc
live to slurp stories
from the folks on the train
and i am dipping my finger
straight into the peanut butter right now
and i don't know who i am
not really
and i look you up
and you do live in nyc
but i read that gawker
has called you the single most irritating person
which made you cover gawker's door
in brittany spears stickers
so perhaps not all is as it seems
despite our lived experiences
we are all the same being
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