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WHEN DID MELANCHOLY BECOME COOL
(FOR CHRIS CORSON-SCOTT)
by Hana Pera Aoake
SEXUALLY REPRESSED. INTELLECTUALLY INSECURE. MASTURBATING GENTLY. IT’S
OFTEN HARD TO DRIVE OUT THE BAD THOUGHTS. I THINK OF MYSELF AS LESS A
POET AND MORE A RODEO CLOWN. TOMORROW I MAY DISAPPEAR. WHEN I WAS
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THIRTEEN I SAT ON A FORD FALCON IN AN ORGANZA STRAPLESS GOWN WITH A
TIARA. SORRY FOR BEING CONFUSING BUT ALWAYS IMAGINE ME THIS WAY. MAKE
SURE YOU IMAGINE ME WITH TADPOLE EYEBROWS AND SLUT STRANDS AND RED
AND BLACK STREAKS THROUGH MY HAIR. REMEMBER IT WAS XTINA DIRRTY ERA.
EVEN AGED THIRTEEN I KNEW INSTINCTIVELY THAT RED AND BLACK ARE MY
COLOURS PERHAPS NOT AS BIG CHUNKS. I WANTED TO BE WHITE LIKE XTIN
AND COMPLETELY HIDE ALL SIGNS OF AGEING AND INDIGENEITY. I WILL ONE DAY
HAVE SOVEREIGNTY OVER MY BODY. I ACCIDENTALLY SEEM TO ALWAYS WEAR
RED AND BLACK RED AND BLACK RED AND BLACK RED AND BLACK
TINO RANGATIRATANGA BITCH ĀKE ĀKE ĀKE !!!!!!!!!!!
THE VERY YOUNG GIRL BECOMES OLD. I SANG AM I NOT PRETTY ENOUGH BY
KASEY CHAMBERS AND I MEANT EVERY WORD. WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU
TO SEND A VIDEO WITH YOUR FACE TALKING? I’VE NEVER MET ANYONE THAT
COMPLETELY IGNORES MY NUDES WHEN I SEND THEM IN FAVOUR OF DISCUSSING
CAPITALISM. IMAGINE BEING AN ART DEALER AND SAYING ‘I’LL LET MY STAFF
CONTACT YOU’ AND ‘I MAKE SO MUCH MONEY’. MONEY MAKES ME MORE HORNY
THAN YOU DO. SPIT ON THE $20 NZD WITH ITS PICTURE OF THAT QUEEN LIZZIE
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