Steven Duong
I am spending the day in bed
reading recipes for
molotov cocktails
tonight I’ll burn paper
in the name of love
raise two armies on Venmo
I hope to see a Tesla kiss a brick wall
it’s a fucking chore to live in this nation
of content creators
filling the void
………..with The Void
but I do it
& when Florida slips into the waves
I pray for the nail salons
& when the expat compares his home
to a phantom limb
I ignore him
I write a poem for the white hoods
& a poem for my dad
………….it’s the same poem
I kiss a brick wall
I light incense for no one in particular
allow the smoke to go
where smoke goes
to be a citizen is to be
an evening with filed teeth
an hour full of smaller hours
a red line gunning for the bottom
Steven Duong is an American writer from San Diego, CA. He’s got poems in Guernica, AGNI, The Massachusetts Review, and other venues. As of now, he lives in Allston, MA with his loved ones.
