The Island

Written over the course of two summerWritten over the course of two summers following the poet’s 33rd birthday, The Island is a Miltonesque hyperpop haiku of: s following the poet’s 33rd birthday, The Island is ssa Miltonesque hyperpop haiku of:

Longing for an irretrievable beach paradise ✔

Yearning for an abandoned tower to hide in ✔

(Failing to) deal with aging by building a

hot transcendent yoga body ✔

Loving convenience in spite of yourself ✔

A manifesto against self-optimization ✔

A blasé satanic cosmogony ?

An elegy for desire ✔

A meditation on death ?

A bisexual epic ✔

An unrelenting affirmation that ＂this world is all there is＂ ✔

＂Cold brew, yoga, spritzes, consumer culture, the internet, queerness. So funny and real and sparkly.＂

- Chloé Caldwell, author of WOMEN