I can’t prove anything he says.
Some cyber-psychos deliberately deceive. Catfish is a long poem about being in love with an ideal but fraudulent man on a chat app. After is an imagist cycle of poetry about psychic, creative, and romantic reconstruction in the aftermath.
Scrolling through mug shots
and search results,
failing to track down
traces of something true.
My buspirone stops sustaining.
Voices on repeat,
phrases of paranoia,
tapping at the Persian
like tongue on infected tooth.
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Gene Hult is a writer, teacher, photographer, and publisher. He worked in children’s editorial in NYC for nearly 30 years. Gene has written more than 125 books published for children and young adults, mostly under his pseudonym J. E. Bright (jebright.com). His books of poetry include Render, Catfish and After, and the forthcoming Ades Fidelis. Please visit genehult.com, or follow Gene on Twitter and Instagram @citysqwirl.