poetry by Jennifer Jantzen
the muse is walking me home
dear writing: its a new millennium
+ all i got was this fcking iphone.
i walk home in the rain w/ my helmet on
cuz i left my umbrella @ home— sue me
4 feeling lucky. i turn out of the station
in step w/ the wet rats that flower this city.
ig i believed everything would work out
cuz it always has, the way i once
lay down on the roof of a car +
let my friend floor it. urg —
feel the lurch of lunch in my stomach.
i feel starved n fat @ the same time.
i turn the corner on kennedy. does
something happen 2 a bich wen
they get a credit score? i mean writing
darling, the world was once my egg
2 crush: so fun, so fragile, so puking
a block frm home, chunky insides
spread out like snow angels on
the winter steps—gimme a min.
[the sound of
barfing.]
back. im
almost home + the trees r so slick
that they’re melting in the dark. o god—
another gr8 idea. another line tht can go
into the goddamn fcking iphone +
drown there while i dream of other things,
(what ill wear 2morrow, where the fckin cat is),
cuz writing, these days i cling more
2 the thought of u than the practice,
to the way i worshipped the person
u made me.
Jennifer Jantzen (she/her) is a writer and educational professional based in Washington, DC. Her poetry has appeared in All Existing Magazine, The Garlic Press, Alexandria Quarterly, Sublunary Review, and manywor(l)ds. When not working, she dreams of dogs and performs with her punk band, Girls on Toast. You can find her work @stone.fruuit on Instagram.