kate wilson
Peter Parker says he’s proud of me and I do not cry
or how I imagine he is
(and how I imagine I don’t)
and o’ how small our hands are how dangerous how sharp
the dilapidated house of your body crumpled into a ball paper shaped
like a fist fist shaped like a knife rolled into the fetal position
my spidey senses are tingling which means you should run the
fuck away the world does not rest on your shoulders the world does
not need your saving with great power comes great anxiety
you are just a kid you are doing just fine just fight your way out or
cry your way out don’t worry so much kid you just need to crack into
the timeline don’t retcon yourself just the scary parts of living
just the scary parts the world needs more pizza more people
who carry the lightest parts of you with softness with hope with hands
that can see that anyone can wear the mask but you can take it off
or how I imagine he is
(and how I imagine I don’t)
and o’ how small our hands are how dangerous how sharp
the dilapidated house of your body crumpled into a ball paper shaped
like a fist fist shaped like a knife rolled into the fetal position
my spidey senses are tingling which means you should run the
fuck away the world does not rest on your shoulders the world does
not need your saving with great power comes great anxiety
you are just a kid you are doing just fine just fight your way out or
cry your way out don’t worry so much kid you just need to crack into
the timeline don’t retcon yourself just the scary parts of living
just the scary parts the world needs more pizza more people
who carry the lightest parts of you with softness with hope with hands
that can see that anyone can wear the mask but you can take it off
Kate Wilson is the Associate Editor of TERSE. Journal and an Interview Correspondent with Half Mystic. Their work can be found at Pressure Gauge Press, Poets.org, and Parentheses Journal, among others. They cannot do a somersault, but they can be found on Twitter @pasta_slut.