elon musk scares me
is it really better to shop at walmart over amazon?
instant gratification gratifies instantly
like spontaneous combustion
like an instant pot
& how it’s not really instant at all
the pressure just builds
& builds like an orgasm
or at least my orgasms
ten years after we met on tumblr
i hooked up with my internet crush
& she could basically cum
if you blew on her the right way
which is to say
any way & anyway
my cat instantly adopted my instant pot box
marked it with hair & drool
she loved it for a month
now she only sleeps in the bathtub
with the curtain closed
i wouldn’t swaddle myself in darkness
even if it meant exploring a new frontier
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Raina K. Puels is a queer/poly Boston-based writer, educator, and kinkster. She holds an MFA from Emerson College and reads poems for Split Lip Mag. You can find her writing published or forthcoming in The Rumpus, PANK, Dream Pop, and many other places listed on her website: rainakpuels.com. Follow her on Twitter: @rainakpuels.
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image: MM Kaufman
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