SUBWAY TAKES! or LAUGHING WITH ZOSIA!

By Skye Preston

said

you

said

( sexy! try hard ;) )

whohuh

whoopy cough

whoop whoop whoopy-dee

555

55

3-2-gone!

(okay so is it okay to ask you to read like snoop dog? WHOOPS!)

HUH?

HUH?—

Liesel Liesel Liesel Liesel Liesel Liesel Liesel

(Like you just witnessed the night of your conception? Also unsure. I think.)

/ / / / cheese w/ ease w/ weeze peas!!ppp

TEMP

temp

check //// checkcheckcheckcheckcheckcheck—

pleeeeaaaaaAHAHAHAH\laws\aase?

(like sylvia…)

ICH ICH ICH ICH

Ich ich,

laughter-taughter-taffy-taffy-afterword:

humbug

LIESEL

LEEESIL

SEISEL

beeskneeseatthebaybay!!

T-O! T-I!!

(step on her)

ah. ti te

(tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)

loves = hummers (loverloverlover) dillydallysoonbreathe

keira knightly!

mom!

too-two-to-tutu

luludinosaurlulululululululululululu

love it

titshit/hit-bit-

BIT

or

(be it the real thing, be it as it may, lay rest, lay rest speak)

shimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmynimmyshimmy

// // // ///////// / / //// / //////

bus\

BUSBUSBUSBUBSUSBUSBSUBSUBSUSBU

usb ==== erkk ergggggg, eek eek eek erk kirk ergllk

eaglite.

flealine.

teennight

teampie.

seamline.

Eeleeleeleel.

do fa mi fa do mi re fa

so

so ti do

EminyEminyEminy lil lil ily i love ily? ily <3

O-O

(pronounce it all. ALL. TOO MUCH. TOO FREQUENT. TOO. TOO. TOO.)

teacher breath

either, either

////////v//////

you

stein

jill/bern/ein/wein?

Ethel eiffel ethel eiffel kiss!kiss!kissel!

curlycoooky

curleeloo hombinym tilly/tills/till

durdleydoo eggo/eggel/eagle tiff/tin

temp check airplane wing! Ding! Ding! ding.

(like you’re getting off of a horse. Elephant. insert animal here, untamed!)

effort

is

effort

is

effort—

TICK!

donUt CRY

face upbaddowntilltillthewholeroadaround

(like money makes you sad)

tenfold.

Skye Preston is an [eclectic/eccentric/perfectly normal!] poet from California. Her work has been previously published in Scribere, Synchronized Chaos, Fleeting Daze, and other online literary journals. She also serves as an editor for The Arrowhead Review. In her spare time, you can find her sparring with diplomats, brooding silently or browsing r/whatisthisbug!!