Dan Flore III

At a Burger King 20 minutes outside of earth

I slipped off the planet

now I’m in line for a double cheeseburger

I can sense earth from here

it smells like a dumpster

and it looks like blood

I’m off somewhere outta earth

outta the century

I’m scared

and my eyes are blurry

I’m somewhere outta the moon

I look at the Milky Way in my ice cream

it’s all nonsense

to try to make sense of

how the clouds are grey, look stupid

nothing has any meaning

that’s how I know I’m close to earth again

GENX SLOB

I was sitting on the deck 

at around 3:30 in the afternoon 

when I took my final swig 

of an energy drink 

and let out this huge belch 

when this teen appeared below 

on the sidewalk 

looking up at me like 

you GenX slob 

guess you think you got all the answers 

but all you can do is sit up there 

and be disgusting 

I didn’t snarl back 'cause she was right