my mom and I discuss lena dunham and then browse the mace bottles on amazon,
also a set of finger knives that look like a cat
I think ‘this is so gorgeous-symbolic’
I say ‘I am so buying a yoko ono t-shirt tomorrow’
yes
I know
my mom points to a graphic of the police-strength mace and says
‘is this pink okay?
do you want it to be pale or bright?’
people on amazon are reviewing the merits of the pink
if it is too light or too purple-ish
I imagine my hand a balanced object
held out to my attacker
roy lichtenstein quotes puffing from my clench:
‘yo, is this magenta too much?’
all I want out of my life is to have my back cracked and to poop a lot and to sometimes have sex
right?
by Emily Carney
