Rae Armantrout

 

FASHION

People are talking about 
new hot spots, 
viral loads,

murder hornets,
cryptocurrencies.

People are talking about
learning new hobbies,

trying to unlearn
object permanence.

  

   *

A girl’s lugging
a toy ambulance
almost too large
for her to lift—

siren ignored in the distance.

     *

Clothed in torn cloud scraps,
all innocence,

dressed in dustups,
agitated snippets.

Bonsai dissonance—
what we used to call ironic.

“Who told you
you were naked?”