CLOWNING 🤡 on our Beaver Moon submitters 🤣

Iced Water Matcha with a splash of Regular Milk

When was the last time you had an Oreo

fall off the bone into your milk cup?

All my life I've been writing this poem

about your bachelorette party in Nashville

When the Pope dies, I'll wear a robe to the coffee shop

Across the street from the Original Trader Joe's

I knew a mother who did that. Are you thinking

of the pulled pork you spilled on your later-bloomer cousin's frock?

My only memory from life is of the cousin forest

Your trauma is imagined, whereas mine is perfect

In other news I am the finalist for two separate poetry awards

And you are still here painting the cousin forest

Clown!

Last night was busted, low tea levels—

How do you explain to non-poets that getting published is excruciatingly difficult?

How do you explain to non-poets that being a poet is excruciatingly difficult?

How do you explain to non-poets that the moon hits different for you?

How do you explain to non-poets that hyacinths are a whole ass vibe?

How do you explain to non-poets that light literally dapples for you?

How do you explain to non-poets that life is not a linear story from A to B?

How do you explain to non-poets that you're into astrology in a 1970s Topanga forgotten singer-songwriter way and not a CHANI newsletter way?

How do you explain to non-poets that Emily Dickinson wanted to fuck everything but couldn't move?

How do you explain to non-poets that the trust fund ain't bussin' like it used to?

How do you explain to non-poets that you were the star of your cohort?

How do you explain to non-poets that your workshop professor had feelings for you?

How do you explain to non-poets the feeling of getting that first New Yorker?

How do you explain to non-poets that you got that dawg in you?

How do you explain to non-poets that Anne Carson isn't boring?

How do you explain to non-poets that shame can be your best friend and your worst enemy?

How do you explain to non-poets that a stanza is like a little room?

How do you explain to non-poets that the poem is like a house you live in, but you locked yourself out?

How do you explain to non-poets that your parents helping you pay rent is an integral part of your process?

How do you explain to non-poets that even when you're not writing, you're still always writing?

How do you explain to non-poets that today is finally pub day?

How do you explain to non-poets how to network at the poetry reading?

How do you explain to non-poets that there's no right way to read it? There never was?

How do you explain to non-poets that we couldn't find the right fit for this issue but hope to see your work in the future?

I forgot to invoice on the Beaver Moon

Maybe we can edit this and it will be good

Maybe we can edit you and you will be good

Maybe we can edit Issue 4 of RECLINER and we will be good