a stipulation of daffodil testaments

the two avant-gardes
gardens of impassioned afterimages
two claps for toe taps and mushroom caps
i propose sieves for dinner
i propose we clamber on gravestones
there are captious eucalyptus there rescinding
next year’s ready to wear line
i’ve seen the theoretical theologian trailing
pages of canted kant—
imagine schopenhauer happy
i can’t—
so i propose a modern palpitation
let’s reduce the population
by exactly one, an exacting choice
u must make—

choose

What I’m Reading:

The relationship of Latino people to North American ideas about race is one more chapter in this country’s convoluted and contradictory race story. Latino people can think of themselves as white, and many of our unenlightened relatives believe lighter skin makes them superior human beings.

— Hector Tobar / Our Migrant Souls