[09/26/25][POETRY]10,222 DAYS
FOUR Poems by MAYA CORDERO
Ive decided im
MANIA AGAIN, IT ALL PILES UP, IM SEVENTEEN AT YOUR HOUSE PARTY, HALFWAY THROUGH A BOTTLE OF, LAYING ON THE, IN THE GARAGE, WITH MY HEAD IN A, BUT WE CAN FORGIVE OURSELVES FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN FALL VICTIM TO THE CONCEPT OF LINEAR TIME,
IM ALL OF ME, PASSED OUT IN THE YARD, IM RUNNING FROM THE COPS, IM LISTENING TO SOME FUCK ASS MIDWEST EMO BAND,
TONIGHT I CANT AFFORD TO EAT, IVE DECIDED IM A GOOD LOVER, IVE DECIDED TO BE ALTRUISTIC, IVE DECIDED TO GIVE MYSELF AWAY, BUT YOUR LITERATURE MAKES ME SICK, NO ONE DIES AT THE END,
I KEEP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MY POEMS ACTUALLY DO, WHAT UTILITARIAN PURPOSE THEY SERVE, EVERY DAY I, VARY MYSELF, AROUND A CORE WHICH DOES NOT VARY, YET WHICH CONSTANTLY ATTEMPTS TO DIFFERENTIATE ITSELF, BUT IF SHE IS NOT ME, WHERE DOES SHE GO WHEN I DONT REMEMBER HER, AND WHERE DOES THE ME THAT FORGAVE HER GO,
I AM ASKING YOU, NOT TO BE RUDE BUT BECAUSE I AM GENUINELY CURIOUS, DO YOU SEE HER, INSIDE CAN YOU REACH HER, CAN YOU PULL HER OUT, WHERE DOES SHE GO WHEN I DONT REMEMBER HER, AND WHERE DOES THE ME THAT FORGAVE HER GO,
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IT WAS THE MOST UNINSPIRED BENDER IVE EVER BEEN ON IN MY LIFE, NEARLY TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT JUST HALF FUCKED ON MOLLY, COKED OUT, ROLLING AROUND IN BED WITH THE TV ON, GILMORE GIRLS AND THE SOUND OF SHEETS TURNING OVER,
BUT THERES NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT SYNAPSES, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCIES, TOMORROWS DEPRESSION,
WHICH CAN ONLY BE FACED TOMORROW, WHICH CAN NOT BE ALLEVIATED TODAY,
TODAY, 10,222 DAYS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF BENITO MUSOLLINI, I AM WRITING YOU TO ASK IF MAYBE I'VE BEEN MISGUIDED, IF MAYBE THERE IS, ANOTHER USE FOR A LENGTH OF ROPE
GIRLS WITH PIMPLE PATCHES
ARE MY GOD
I WAS BORN
TO BE IN LOVE
ONE YEAR STRAIGHT / TWO WEEKS CLEAN
THE PART WHERE THE BOOK BEGS / I WET LIP PARKING LOT IN THE EARLY EVENING / SIP GRIMACE DEFIANT / IF I DIED I NEVER NOTICED / AND NO ONE EVER TOLD ME / AND I BET ITS WARM / IM BETTING DEATH IS WARM / WHEN EVEN SORRY GONE / WORDS FUCKING USELESS / THE MOST INTENDED INTENTIONS / LOST TO THE CEREMONY OF UNFORGIVING / OF REMEMBERING / I WAS ONE YEAR STRAIGHT / I WAS TWO WEEKS CLEAN / AFTERMATHING MYSELF / HOW DO YOU AFTERMATH YOURSELF / WHERE DO YOU GO FROM YOU
MAYA CORDERO is the founder of DISCOUNT GUILLOTINE. She loves love and she hates the united states.