1 poem
by Alyssa Ciamp
Alyssa Ciamp is a scientist, writer, gamer, skater, and cat mom. She's currently recovering from capitalism-induced depression by writing poems on the clock at work. Her writing has been featured in tenderness lit, Occulum, Riggwelter Press, and others. Find her on twitter @ClinicallyChill and on instagram @a.ciamp. More of her work can be found at neutralspaces.co/alyssa_ciamp/.
Piss Geologist
a drop
in a sieve
that I piss into
until I pass a stone
one year ago I’d tweet about this
incessantly—with a sense of shamelessness
too raw for reality, for linear time
maybe now I’m too burnt out
maybe I just used to scream
until someone else would put
their mouth on mine
and I’d shut up for a while
I’d talk or tweet or text
until those words created a barrier—
their want so separate from my want
that I was never sure if we
really wanted each other at all
with time the barrier breaks and suddenly
I’m a person in pieces
accepting that my aimless want built a
brand I can’t see myself in anymore
I tweeted about this poem so
I guess I have to finish it
I’m unfollowing people
who aren’t as online as me
which feels like
a really bad way to log off