Someday I’ll Love Again- Ocean Vuong
Poetry
No More Cake Here by Natalie Diaz
Erasure poem – Prayer for the newly damned Ocean Vuong
Erasure poem: “If You Are Over Staying Woke” by Morgan Parker
Water
the plants. Drink
plenty of water.
Don’t hear
the news. Get
bored. Complain
about the weather.
Keep a corkscrew
in your purse.
Swipe right
sometimes.
Don’t smile
unless want
to. Sleep in.
Don’t see the news.
Remember what
the world is like
for white people.
Listen to
cricket songs.
Floss. Take pills.
Keep an
empty mind.
When you are
hungover
do not say
’m never drinking
again. Be honest
when you’re up
to it. Otherwise
drink water
lie to yourself
turn off the news
burn the papers
skip the funerals
take pills
laugh at dumb shit
fuck people you
don’t care about
use the crockpot
use the juicer
the smoothie maker
drink water
from the sky
don’t think
too much about the sky
don’t think about water
skip the funerals
close your eyes
whenever possible
When you toast
look everyone in the eyes
Never punctuate
the President
Write the news
Turn
into water
Water
the fire escape
Burn the paper
Crumble the letters
nstead of
Wilt the news
White the hydrangeas
Drink the white
Waterfall the
cricket songs
Keep a song in mind
Don’t smile
Don’t wilt
Erasure Poems
Handle My Business
Seven by Natalie Diaz
They come
Stamp the earth,
shuck our boots on
cockscomb
Ride in,
poles through
wind.
Ride into,
prehistoric castle.
painted kiwi green
guano rimmed.
a
cloaked.
face.
gods on hills
but
Are you here from the world above?
my kin.
from
flame
to flame.
Are you here from the world above?
We hear
in
Along each
rove
the last tin gilt throne,
heart .
from the world above,
but
as we eye from afar,
crawls out
& rebuild
We rest.
