Everything is Everything

Everything is Everything Kayla Heisler (bio) after Morgan Parker I started talking to myself and now I can't stop.When I say don't quit your job, I mean. Hearing any songdecimates my mental health. It's been two weekssince I stopped being really into flossing.Even if you say no, they will still touch your hair.The coffee I make is too weak or too strong.It's been over a week and I'm still cringing over this jokeI made about health insurance. The real tragedy:everyone I love is dieting. Even if you speak simply,they'll still call you articulate. I write saffron thoughI don't know its smell. I keep waiting to see the wordLouisville on my timeline. Museums here are too crowded.Why do I ever bother. Pick up a textile cone; the snail's harpoonfires and you drop her in the sand. Even if you say America,they'll ask you where you're really from. Sea water drippingon splintered wood, the bark swelling and swelling. End Page 227 Kayla Heisler Kayla Heisler is a New York–based writer and editor. She holds an MFA from Columbia University where she was a Creative Writing Fellow and served on the Columbia Journal reading board. Her work appears in various publications including Cleveland Review of Books, Some Kind of Opening, and Witch Craft Magazine. She writes about art, culture, and her creative practices in the newsletter The Mixed Tape. Her writing has received support from the Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Grub Street Center for Creative Writing. Read more at kaylaheisler.com. Copyright © 2024 Pleiades and Pleiades Press