Modern Breakup by Kenton K. Yee

Fake meat, dry heat while fires
spread and there is no great way
to say this. The smoke trees
are fruiting. People are reaching
for their remotes. Daylight Savings Time
draws people outdoors. Sunny weather
drains reservoirs. People watch
people on TV, where flying machines
topple buildings. Prices
climb higher. The invested
retire. Temperatures break records.
Cars drive themselves. Beans
fry like steak. People watch
people on TV. Reality is
so realistic. Gasoline is
the new bitcoin. People surf
channels. Please don’t cry;
I want us to still be friends
on Bookface.

An Iowa Summer Poetry Workshop and Key West Literary Seminar alumnus, Kenton K. Yee recently placed poetry in The Indianapolis Review, The Threepenny Review, Hollins Critic, Plume Poetry, Prembroke Magazine, and Summerset Review, among others. Kenton writes from northern California.