I would care if you died!!!

this is a chorus phonetically similar that isn’t

Hiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!! Okay, this one is very much a response to all of the amazing work in our 🌸 HOT PEOPLE HAVE A SPRING AWAKENING 🌸 issue + Larissa’s painted poem + an eerie precursor to a very exciting new PTK squatter (who has ✨ a novel ✨ coming out!!) who will be taking over the newsletter this Friday!!!

CAN I EXCLAIM ANY MORE?!!!!??!?!!!!!!????!?!!?!?!!!!!!?!?!?!!!!!?!!

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“It’s far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.” - Virginia Woolf

“Homeboy wore combat boots to the beach. I know you don’t want to call that your boyfriend.” - Lauren Conrad

I would care if you died!!!

this is a chorus phonetically similar 
that isn’t 
       about men’s footwear (or lack thereof)
       & the specifically 
American concept 
of side yards
where we hide things
my toxic trait 
      is blowing 
      on every dandelion 
I see I'm in my new era era 
where the aisles at Albert Heijn are empty 
preventing 
neuken in de keuken
we’re not done 
hanging out w/ each other is the definition
	(of friendship) breathing in
true lavender dioxide spring is giving
	resting bitch face desperation 
         rain walk Oosterpark red 
                   spotted sidewalk beetles 
                   which bugs
do I still feel crawling on me (tiny bee) 
between pages
of Virgin Love 
	is coming (not from Berlin)

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Your poetry homework for the week is to watch this Youtube interview breaking down boygenius’s song, “not strong enough” (because if I’m being honest, I stole that first line from Phoebe Bridgers). 🦴🦴