any way you slice it i was born for a good time
some of my primary interests include pomp
circumstance
occasion
and carousing
love a kickback and a kiki
very much love a tea
weddings
graduations
meg’s monday night birthday function i stayed at waaaay too late for a monday night
i’m mariah carey on qvc repeatedly describing herself
and everything she loves as “festive”
i’m andré leon talley specifying he wear a caftan
for his cremation
my dearest ellery said he can’t remember a boring day in his life
i’m free will agnostic
but with each conscious choice toward that ethos
the need for sleep
the need to labor
two little devils strapped to my back who synergize
to ruin quality time
just rude
needy
and greedy
depending on who you ask
i’m going to hell and all my girls are too
i’m afterlife agnostic but if some kind of something comes next
what else to call it besides the afters, the very last afters
and if my girls are there with me
i’m good
we’ll know who to haunt and do it well
dressed to the nines in maggot-drenched couture
Copyright © 2026 by Kyle Carrero Lopez. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 1, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.