They melted the mountains for us, dear
It was for us that they poisoned our planet
They drove all those species to the brink of extinction
for our comfort, our safety, and our pleasure
I strangled myself in service to the monsters I made
I called to Death, “take me,”
then I hid from the first sign of his cloak
I negotiated my salary using imaginary numbers
and wiped the slate clean with alcohol
Now I wait for the sun to tell me lies
it just tortures me with the cruelties of truth
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Published by mikepowernyc
Named one of New York's Best Emerging Poets 2019, my poetry chapbook The New Normal was published by Analog Submission Press. My novel The Zoo was published by Cacoethes Publishing House. Other poems and short stories have appeared in Subterranean Blue Poetry, The Journal of Microfiction, and Sick Lit Magazine, among others. Other works include a staged reading of my play Digging Up John Barrymore, performed by Dreamcatcher Entertainment, and five albums of original music recorded with my band Late Model Humans.
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