We are skipping the small talk
we’re getting to the meat of what is really here
and when I say
there’s no time for this
I mean the earth is burning around us
that lives are forever fleeting and when we
do these courtesies at the expense
of ourselves we are chipping
away at the self as
nature chips away at
the glaciers because what
has been given to us can
always be taken away and you’d
be naive to think our universe
isn’t vengeful just as we all are
for what we’ve birthed
Elizabeth Estochen is a queer, nonbinary writer in Denver, Colorado. Her chapbook, For Love, and for Cruelty was published by WordTech Editions in January, 2020. Follow her on Twitter @estochen or her website, http://estocheneditorial.com.
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