by Sarp Sozdinler
Carnation City
Angels require more
love than the divine.
Someone placed a fish bone
in God’s throat.
Heavens forbid,
Hells simmer.
In Ohio, some people
still worship the skies.
Legends
Playing League of Legends
with a battlemage named
StopW@rs8796,
and every time they form
a fireball, I fire back with
a ball of water
for world peace.
Cookies
Googling frantically
to find the name of
my favorite TV show
as a kid, and
I browse through
happy sitcom families,
eerie midwestern towns,
friends with benefits,
only to find out
Laurie Forman
from That 70’s Show
passed away
at the age I’m
today.
Dr. Phil
Planning to
go on Dr. Phil
to cure my
stage fright.
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Sarp Sozdinler has been published in Electric Literature, Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, HAD, Maudlin House, and Pithead Chapel. He edits the online journal The Bulb Region.