In 2018 paper straws make a comeback which . . . . . . says something
men drinking beer on the metra makes a comeback which maybe
they were doing this all along I don’t know my opinion doesn’t mean much
on the commuter rail and here

I am everything
you fear I am

the conductor hands me a stick of gum
as if to say I see you
and I see you
walking the whole car is one long breath
held too long too white
air is making a comeback it’s too late
these people are leaving
my two degrees . . .
Paper straws make a comeback
everything you fear I am I am

I walked into and didn’t know
I do now know and now I know more
I have a mother and a sister —no
I have a house —no
I have nothing Whitney I have less than you
And everyone fleeing