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TWO POEMS
BY MIRA GONZALEZ

THIS FRIDAY I WOKE UP AT 2PM

started drinking alcohol at 3pm

at 11pm i went to a party wearing the same clothes i wore on thursday

at 12:30am the guy i lost my virginity to told me he is having a baby

at 1:30am i ate drugs in the bathroom without telling anyone

i don't know how to maintain relationships

most of the people i've had sex with have negative feelings about me now

starving to death during sex is something i would like to do this week

every time i look at my computer

i fight the urge to open a word document and list everything i ate that day

here is what i ate today:

coffee, curry vegetable thing from whole foods, plum

i am most comfortable around people who criticize me because

i feel like anyone who isn't constantly criticizing me is lying

or expecting me to be something different

seems insane that you need money to do things like

develop a drug addiction, or move across the country

i don't identify as 'depressed' even though i feel depressed

seems unfair that i only get to feel a finite amount of things in my life

lately i have been assuming that dried fruit has more calories than regular fruit

i feel like 400 dead jellyfish in the middle of a freeway



2 WEEKS AGO I WAS LOOKING FOR DRUGS AT A PARTY

one guy gave me alcohol then diagnosed me with 'major depressive disorder'

i said 'i don't think i have that' and 'thank you'

today i stole and drank 3 red bulls

people have gone into cardiac arrest from drinking more than 3 red bulls in a day

thinking about dying makes me feel tiny and calm

i feel mostly uninterested in dying right now

at 2pm i took pain killers and walked to the beach

i touched a crab and a sea urchin and a squishy thing

i think i am going to stop wearing my glasses

things seem better when i can't see clearly

i want to have an emotion that feels like being slowly punched in the face for 3 years



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