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Straighteners


Straight, mechanical beauty
Slides across
98 thrums per second
As I realize
I can’t wait for eternity—
I must
advance this music box
Into a stereo
Which I will no longer defy.

Author notes

This poem is full of allusions to the titles of my now-boyfriend's songs that he's written. I wrote it back at the beginning of July-ish....

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