- 7 days ago
- 1 min read
NO PICNIC
i willingly slept thru the monsoon
unlike urs, my monkey’s paw never fails
consequences ? what consequences ?
clean slate of my making
or: how i learned that canadians call USMCA the ‘CUSMA’
it was all the rage
we’re gonna find out who did this
her grandparents made their fortune off zyklon b, the gas that fueled auschwitz
now heiress marlène engelhorn is boarding a boat to protest the world’s only jewish state
‘two-day bender’—u mean the weekend ? grow up
watchdog group downgrades U.S. from democracy to whatever political system lobsters have
matthew mcconaughey lost lead titanic role for refusing james cameron’s simple request
charles melton: ‘riverdale was my julliard’
MGK claims he missed out on movie role b/c he wouldn’t say the N-word
the shit he sez abt his own ‘work’ highlights the extremity of his delusion
the ag dept has come up w/ a truly bonkers—but effective—way to protect livestock
the government uses scarlett johansson to scare wolves
they’re playing buffy at the lesbian bar / they’re cleaning teeth at the dental office
i’m writing the next great american email
i didn’t do anything last summer
but remember the 90s (it was mine)
points if u know where it’ll end up next
MICHAEL CHANG (they/them) is the author of THINGS A BRIGHT BOY CAN DO (Coach House Books, 2025) and HEROES (Temz Review/845 Press, 2025). Their work has appeared in such publications as AGNI, the American Poetry Review, the Greensboro Review, Harvard Review, the Iowa Review, and POETRY. They judged Cream City Review's 2025 Prize in Poetry. They live in Manhattan.