BOYFRIEND AS SURVIVAL STRATEGY

Emiliano Gomez

 

 work like a showdog / max glamour

 gait home / become one w ur potato

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   landmine of rotten apples / bespoke suits

   kaput / but the upshot / backpacking

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fast-forward a bit / blah blah blah but

      epitome of cute / be cool be cool be cool

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   maintain eye contact when shook A F

   by the zero situationally aware folks

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   morbidly bristly / bitter and violated /

   like you pulled down my pants in public

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    hard times create strong men create good

   times / create weak men create hard times

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   pleasantly appalled / love-killing machine

   / big joints redux / safe is sexy

 
 

 

 


 

 

EMILIANO GOMEZ attends the MFA program in Poetry at Notre Dame, has received support from the California Arts Council, and has recent work in Action, Spectacle, Broadkill Review, Community Mausoleum, wet grain, mercury firs, and the Cleveland Review of Books.
 

The art that appears alongside this piece is “parco dei mostri” by GRETA KOSHENINA.