Two Poems

Galoshes/ Anything for the chase/ Blue blue fin/ Blue blue tuna

Joy  

 

Galoshes

Anything for the chase

Blue blue fin

Blue blue tuna

Love like Babylon

Swallow

This lake of fire

This nest of spit


24 시간

ALWAYS HAVE A STORY
BAIT LIKE THE BUS
STAGED BUT I DON’T CARE
EXALT IN THEIR BODIES
WORTHLESS BOYS
DECORATE YOUR PLAIN
WHINNYING THROAT EXPLOSION
WILLIWAW OF CUM
LOAD IN DIAL-UP
CASTING COUCH BATED BREATH
POISON BY MAKE-UP
QUEST TO LOOK WHITE
WAIT FOR IT
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AT VERSAILLES TODAY
BUT NO PLUMBING
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SMELL
BLOND PATROCLUS SWEAT LIKE HONEY
DOES THAT MAKE ME VENUS BEAUTIFUL
POUR GOLD KNOCK SCALES OFF BALANCE
CREATIVE HOLLYWOOD ACCOUNTING
I DON’T KNOW HER ACHILLES
THE RESEMBLANCE IS UNCANNY LOUIS MAYER
TITANS OF INDUSTRY MAKE AMUSING PETS
GREAT PHYSIQUE (PHI-SEKKKKS) LAZY EYE
DISMISSED AS TRADE
EUREKA BETTA PUT SOME RESPEK ON IT
PLUM AS PEACH
YOU TASTE SO LEMONY
MASTURBATED BY
THE LONG ARM
OF COINCIDENCE
THEY TELL ME
NO TRANS FATS

About the author

MICHAEL CHANG (they/them) is the author of many collections of poetry, including SYNTHETIC JUNGLE (Northwestern University Press, 2023) and the forthcoming chapbook EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS (GreenTower Press, 2024). They edit poetry at Fence.