MYSTERIOUS LSD
mold him into a blob for justice
pedro aint known u from adam
(adam4adam)
NON-INDUSTRY PIPSQUEAK
yes, quickly
ancient greece
for its depiction of homosexuality
[holding wife’s hand]: at least the ocean view is nice
smug homo
space grey freak
danny
u a sweet talker in any language
MIAMI!
pity the mice that
bubble w/ fright
pity the pharmacist
w/ deep pockets
& malfunctioning pacemaker
she is at ur mercy
he doesn’t know
which way is up
RAPTURE
today i find
i have no power over clouds & their jagged
edges
can’t appreciate god’s love or this
triple-strength solution
no one go looking for her seed
brew or stool
produced by dark-banged boy
virgin omelette, a kind of atmosphere
wholesome, unsuspecting
how many times have u been dissatisfied ?
here i am, tinkering w/ this poem
like a sequined dress
i want the light to hit a certain way
rarely has anyone achieved such heights
the evidence overwhelming
based on this record
i would grant a motion for summary judgment
tickle those numbers, 2, 2:30
pikachu cheer
i’m tightly scheduled
heartstrings, bits of tinsel
my fashion label CK:
calvin kim
my yangban morals
out-frenched at a french bistro
i heard music, discovered modesty
it was in the right place
it must’ve been the wrong time
i did all that was asked of me
TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY
looking sly
deborah in the white dress
feeds her chicks into the woodchipper
there will be no laughing at the cotillion
but plenty of ozempic
‘ how hard she made it ??? ’
take her back to her podunk town
where rowdy fans swarm the quarterback
u ought to know we moved the goalposts
minions a part of the hollywood machine
i hear it’s one baggie per customer
even doppelgängers
Michael Chang (they/them) is the author of many volumes of poetry, including SYNTHETIC JUNGLE (Northwestern University Press, 2023), TOY SOLDIERS (Action, Spectacle, 2024), and THINGS A BRIGHT BOY CAN DO (Coach House Books, 2025). They won the Poetry Project's Brannan Prize and edited Lambda Literary's Emerge anthology. Their work has appeared in such publications as AGNI, the American Poetry Review, the Harvard Review, the Iowa Review, and POETRY. They are judging Cream City Review's 2025 Prize in Poetry. They live in Manhattan.
