• By Jeovany Tzilin-Gomez (he/him)
  • Art “Pink Contempt” by Aliana Hermann-Campana (she/they)

You gain floral power, you are looking clean.
Every hour, you collect the pollen to become the queen.
You are gaining the bread, but what about the cheese?
You need the extreme heat when you use the city’s keys.

This is the bull that I ride on to keep myself sane.
I see more than superstars with rabid airplanes.
I steadily escape the maze, don’t give a damn about the stakes.
If the steak ain’t well done, move on. Journeys aren’t replaced.

Googly eyes don’t desensitize the lack of humor.
That’s why there’s beef between boomers and zoomers.
I look around the extravagant city to find a tuba player
That plays minor scales, he wants to be greater

Than the hopeless who were lost in showbiz.
Typical suits corrupt the roots of hard work ethic.
Excuse me, the goose is laying golden eggs!
You gophers go for my wealth, go on and beg.

I hear typewriters tattletale your inconvenience
And they like to hype me for my grand experience.
I’m the goat that climbs mountains, I do less explaining.
Learn that the cause of ticking clocks is complaining.

I try to loosen up my nerves to learn about the swerves
That men do to get phone numbers of good looking girls.
Banana peels are everywhere, I don’t want any more scars.
Too much of my heart is broken by the masculine march.

I learned that dolphins are playful by nature
Even if they sound childish, they grow to be players
Because the loan sharks ain’t letting you live.
So, let me be a dolphin because I have a lot to give.

Woo! I can’t break my own fern emeralds because
My friends have polished them many times; memorable.
Gratitude leads you to a positive attitude.
But you get to it by escaping the blues.