Meg Ronan
INFRASTRUCTURE
i didn’t really want to be here. it’s not ideal but
okay bye. bye never see you again.
one, it’s dangerous, can we bury the roads? i don’t believe in cars.
okay byyyye. say hi to everyone i like. okay bye never see you again.
yeeaah, it’s true. i didn’t want to be here. it’s too expensive.
goodbye sir, see you in the future. let’s have friendship. miss your face.
it’s desensitizing. i mean, what do you do with roads? i want to be dependent.
we’ll see. it’s bad for the environment. it’s bad for local economies. it’s not ideal. one, it’s dangerous,
okay bye never see you again. bye boo. say hi to all the people i like.
hello, sir. let’s have friendship? i miss your face. it’s not ideal.
bye talk to you in the future. kay byyyye. bye boo.
i mean, what do you do with roads? let’s have friendship. i’m not a country person.
bye friend. okay bye forever. i’ll send you an email.
it’s bad for small businesses. it’s bad for my soul. yeeaah, we’ll see. it’s convenient.
goodbye sir. let’s be friends again. say hi to all the people i like. bye never see you again.
it’s not good for my soul. one, it’s dangerous, i didn’t want to be here.
bye never see you again okay bye forever goodbye friend
i mean, what do you do with roads? can we have friendship? it’s bad for my soul.
goodbye lady. talk to you in the future. never talk to you again. see you in the future. miss your face.
wait, i may actually never see you again. okay bye forever never see you again.
can we bury the roads? i want to be dependent. i didn’t want to be here.
bye friends, i may or may not ever see you again. bye friends.
tell me about your life. it’s not ideal. i’m not really a city person. i don’t believe in cars
goodbye sir, see your face in the future, bye miss your face bye miss you forever
tell me about your life. it’s convenient. i’m not a country person.
bye forever. wait, i may actually never see you again. i’ll send you an email.
it’s bad for local economies. tell me about your life. it’s too expensive.
i miss your face. okay bye friend, see you never again.
how’s your life? one, it’s dangerous. can we bury the roads? it’s not ideal. yeeaah, we’ll see.
i may or may not ever see you again, bye talk to you in the future.
it’s desensitizing, i may actually never see you again. i don’t believe in cars.
i didn’t want to be here. one, it’s dangerous. okay bye.
SUPER-BLOCKED
i’ve been super-blocked and and it was hot my sodium levels have dropped i resisted the spinning but i became unstuck i’ve been super-blocked and it was hypostatic i’ve not eaten meat since i left the mixed-use village my sodium levels dropped my marrow cup popped i spun i was super-blocked and i liked it
i’ve not eaten meat and now i’m something super-new according to divine law you must quarter me and consume quarter and feed quarter and feed on my fumes i’ve been super-blocked it was propagandistic like i broke from the food chain like a trip to Val-U Eats like a Hy-Vee i prayed on the hour for a domestically engineered dwelling for a path prone to bug bites for a sky scrape with a flash flood recess for tucking and tugging in but i spun i’ve been super-blocked and i’m sorry and i’m not
you are my subjects and i need more eyes eyes on me eyes on me my shins the streets a public quartering a public a public feast a public project a public household i was super-blocked and it was a dull sprouting can’t be a queen without the substance of my subjects but i’ve been super-blocked i need a festive juicing a juvenile communion but i’ve been super-blocked and but my meat is unfit for feasting a second to the fuse and and i can’t choose and and do i have eyes on me on my streets on on my knees on my do i have a choice do i have a a street on street on my knees on my knees my streets
Meg Ronan is the author of the obligatory garnish argument (SpringGun Press 2014). Her poems have appeared in 1913: a journal of forms, APARTMENT Poetry, Robot Melon, West Wind Review, & other lovely journals. She reads for Gazing Grain Press, an inclusive feminist chapbook press, works at Bridge Street Books in Washington, DC & tries to be like a good party.