Ruins
Everyone is getting engaged
at the top of Machu Picchu.
It’s so romantic and terrible
starting something new
on what they think is the top
of the world, but is only the top
of a mountain. Pizarro never
would have won without
the help of jealous tribes. Nonetheless
it’s impressive. All those rings.
Sneeze
No one says bless you anymore
because it doesn’t matter.
There’s no soul coming out
your nose. It’s so hard
to wake up and go
to the store. It’s exhausting
being bored and trying
to speak. The world is noisy
even on Sundays. Everything’s open
and parking isn’t free.
White Bread
Eggs used to be bad.
Now they’re good
like how mangoes
are hot and sushi
is clean. The grains
are plump and no one
eats them. If you do
you have bad parents.
Rebecca Farivar is the author of Correct Animal (Octopus Books, 2011) and chapbooks Am Rhein (Burnside Review, forthcoming 2013) and American Lit (Dancing Girl Press, 2011). She holds an MFA in poetry from St. Mary’s College of California and hosts the poetry podcast Break The Line.