I don’t know why I am always stuck in this corner
of nonlove. I barely know how to cut open avocados.
It’s contemptible. Why can’t we share our bodies
in other people’s gaze of contempt? He’s into hot
young rich dudes who live in deep Blue states.
Places where I could get into a hardware store.
Do you think celebrity crushes could fix my life?
I sing every song by the Strokes on the banned
cover of their debut album Is This It? Dear god,
how many times have I said that after some dude
has ghosted me about two hours after he pulled out?
Is this it? Really, is this why being a bottom sucks?
Anyone can wear black gloves and slap my bare
bottom instead of telling me how to cut an avo.
But who can huff at me when I tell him I like Karen
O better than Julian C? Could he wear a faded
penny with the black leather gloves? I mean,
would he even be caught dead shopping
in this department? My god! Can you imagine
my ass on a glossy cover called Is This It?
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Spencer Silverthorne's chapbook Premium Brawn was a finalist in the Bateau Press Keel Chapbook Contest. His work is published in Assaracus, Bending Genres, Neon Mariposa, Permafrost Magazine, Tammy, Vagabond City, Yes Poetry and others. Originally from Philadelphia, he is now a PhD student in English and Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.