Sadie Dupuis

I think I might not be suited to reading Real Poetry cuz most of what I read is straightforward stuff that spells it out for you like Mary Oliver. But I really couldn't sus out any part of this, I think I actually might be dumb, lol. I am a big fan of both SAD13 and Speedy Ortiz's music, but this made me think the lyricism there is similarly way beyond me. Here's a poem that I understood more than others:

First Date

People like to put Chicago in art
it is very big and the buildings odd
they like art-ugly faces.

You let me fall asleep
and drove my car.
I only want someone
to want me in my ugliness.… (más)