innocence

sticking your tongue out all the way for pictures
with your friends’ friends comparing tongue length in pictures
for pictures while drunk holding drinks laughing
so hard

don’t want to kiss and don’t want to cuddle

they lied and i believed we’d get our student loans forgiven
interest continues
to accrue and accrue

bitch whatever

i may be short but my hair is longer than you so i win
i go from A to Z extra slow for you baby i put on
long skirt
long black leather vest
black wool wide leg dress pants denim on denim
moto jacket
red lipstick no panties
and the longest pussy-bow for my neck to choke on
i keep spiraling and it’s not cute anymore help

baddie friend

boohoo fuck my sad girl bullshit
i pat myself on the back
in a trashed bedroom with my ugly bitch aesthetic
those cute antique red velvet curtains hide me from your vision
i don’t fuck off i’m behind the curtains i feel embarrassed
and run out of fingers
doing girl math with my fingers call it fingering
trends come and fuck off
“the end” sign appears written in cursive old-timey cartoon-style font
then underlined
turns into a neon sign the light blinks and dies
i imagine my ridiculous life in video form
wishing for almodóvar’s cunty comedy i wanna eat pussy for girl dinner please make cracker crumbs
on me while we cuddle i will vacuum you up

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Ana Carrete is a poet. Her latest collection is Blush and Blink (Lang Books, 2023).

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