backlit, milk-fog flesh
often shorter than you’d think
fastest wi-fi available
have a career, yet can’t make a living
prefer to sleep on colorful sheets
always take the stairs
eschew the ‘lived-in’ look
favor mustaches over sideburns
avoid museums like the plague
indifferent to our belief in their existence
immune to sunburn
generally, don’t like cats
laugh uproariously at Heidegger’s comedy, Being and Time
known to photograph well for a driver’s license
reliable as gravity yet
may be disoriented to time and place
envy the holy
noisy yawners
otherwise conventional
know less about you than you think you know about them
anonymity unnecessary when acting as sperm donors
often fail the Turing test
sign written communiques, xoxoxo
love you so much, they could eat you up.
Appeared in Shantih, Fall 2017
