Tommy Pico

An NDN Poem makes abundant references to alcoholism, like

I started drinking again after the Darren Wilson non-indictment. I felt so underwater it made no sense to keep dry.

In my poem, I couldn’t get out of bed for two days after the Darren Wilson non-indictment

Me n sweatpants n a live feed n a new york slice

I feel so dry

Consequences shape behavior. So does the absence of consequences.

America says some ppl are raised guilty. Some are innocent of everything. Some ppl will always have to be good sports about it, remain calm.

Remain Calm.

Remain Calm.

Who even wants to go into space? I fucking hate traveling
I’m a weirdo NDN faggot n frankly that limits my prospects
plus it sucks watching the couples and the string lights slow dance in Monbijoupark, to
realize despite history
your own abrupt American body

America that green ghost has been after me for at least a couple hundred years
somehow once convinced me to do its dirty work for it in a warm bath

Sun breaks upon the Pacific Northwest. Is this a nature poem again