1 poem
by Ivanna Baranova
Ivanna Baranova is a Brooklyn-based poet. Her work has appeared in ÄLPHÄ (Metatron Press), glitterMOB, Poetry Is Dead, Hobart, The Puritan, and elsewhere.
aloe
how can i
ask you
to max me
out in a way
that’s edgy?
the favor
being both a kind
of “fuck you”
and a “you complete
me baby”
at best
how to be
your new
translucent
heaven
given my
low gleam
in this eternal
rhinestone
aptitude
of the white
imagination
sorry
i lose
and make the money
spend the money
become
the money
all so
you’ll keep me
in your pocket
like aloe-infused
kleenex
like cash cash cash
in this emergent
corporate utopia
everything shines
green
like that
even the mornings
reek of lime
even the shitty cacti
reverberate
emerald
no recourse
non-financial
non-carbonated
non-clean
lately
we discuss
capital
in the act
of fictive
ascension
incanting
the ungettable
these days
has anyway
become
my vague
little brand
of heaven