NU-META



i could have
named this poem something else
like the last time i drove drunk
the last time i drove
drunk the cops got me
the end
or i could have named this poem
the effects of sunshine on my poor brain
& it would be
kind of sad
i guess
but i named this poem nu-meta
it was originally going to be titled
meta

i just graduated from college
& i cared about things
& i had just eaten shrooms for the first time
a month or so before
the last time i drove drunk

it's a dying thing that i don't think i was made to be in

how do my poems taste
i whisper into the suns earless head
or you are gorgeous
or why are my everythings ablaze
i quit quit quit
yesterday was my last day
when you say you love me