some of the rules
Liz Mariani
capitalize your first name
capitalize your last name
the symbol of it
the way it rolls off the tongue
who cares if they don't say it right?
who says anything the right way these days?
aren't we all saying the same thing?
the letters and numbers
the alphabet soup DNA
your fast fashion old nose
day-old news rigged into replaced hips
cripple the double-fast-food carpool
the food you went searching for
the day you agreed to a communal hysterectomy
because the physician dressed in her AI best
told a story you thought you'd never believe
what makes a human? you whispered
and ate the moon for breakfast
AUTHOR BIO
Liz Mariani's work has been published in Two Serious Ladies, Italian Trans Geographies edited by Danila Cannamela, Marzia Mauriello, and Summer Minerva via SUNY Press, The Brooklyner, Fortunates, Artvoice, Images Magazine, PoemTown Randolph, Great Lakes Review, The Waiting Room, The Buffalo News, After The Pause and Advaitam Speaks.
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