18
Heartsick
Assembled from titles of artworks by Alma Thomas,
Nam June Paik, Heman Chong, Geoffrey Rigden,
Matthew McCaslin, Andrew Hem, Seth Alter,
Douglas Gordon, Zeyno Pekünlü, Bill Scott,
Erika Ranee and Paola Pivi
1
Arboretum presents white dogwood,
3 jars with roots and a heart,
monument to the people
we’ve conveniently forgotten.
2
I hate you
armored heart,
caged heart.
I peeped your demons
becoming robots,
meeting with remarkable men,
being the light.
3
Behold an aquarium of flowers
where the cricket sings
how to properly touch a girl
so you don’t creep her out.
4
Then again, no.
Why I am so worried.
Fucked-up flowers
ruin everything,
pretty much every word. . .