Though I’m sure the Zuck
would torch
my bones himself
if it meant cremation
trending,
let my posts and selfies
decay like every other
stretch of skin
on this algorithm.
I get ill thinking
of postmortem
notifications
declaring rest in peace,
while ads
for recently Googled
sit-in kayaks
push up through my timeline
like daisies.
Lannie Stabile (she/her), a queer Detroiter, often says while some write like a turtleneck sweater, she writes like a Hawaiian shirt. A finalist for the 2019/2020 Glass Chapbook Series and semifinalist for the Button Poetry 2018 Chapbook Contest, Lannie's first published collection, "Little Masticated Darlings," is now out with Wild Pressed Books. Individual works are published/forthcoming in Entropy, Pidgeonholes, Glass Poetry, Okay Donkey, and more. Lannie currently holds the position of Managing Editor at Barren Magazine and is a member of the MMPR Collective. She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee.