I Wrote This Poem

Chosen by Christopher Kennedy as the Runner-Up of the 2013 Dead Lake Chapbook Contest through Salt Hill Journal.

"I wrote this poem on bus #17 coming home late at night after a poetry reading while looking at “Rich Kids of Instagram” on my phone and instead of disgust I thought “I wish I knew more people with boats,” and then I felt disgusted with myself for thinking that, though I did not know at the time I was writing this poem:

white noise white trash white cape white light white heat white bread white white"