Still Life with Leg of Ham, Flowers, Wine and Bread (c. 1700s)
Back ache , last nights prosecco
too faced light my fire eye shadow on my
pillow case;
with three screens on my living room becomes
my own private times square.
cruel like that.
everything is grapefruit and fent test strips.
a city playing tonsil hockey with itself.
an apartment that can never stay clean either.
but i dont steal any more because i fear
i've pushed my luck. i wake up early in a
fascist america. i see a dog that can only
graciously be described as part yorkie.
im doing the small things wrong.
they contemplating my titties and shit
so thirsty
nasty little boys with their
nose in my genetalia
freaks, buffoons, the lot
they contemplate my titties and shit
they squint, they stare, they holler,
they scream until they spit
i want a gun i can put inside me
i want a gun ten inches long,
that makes men squirm,
that fits in the strap,
a gun i can ride
they stare until they spit,
they tilt their heads like dogs,
maya cordero is the founder of discount guillotine, and the author of You Still Have Time To Fuck Off Forever (feral dove 2025). she loves love and she hates the united states.