Previously in Mallory’s Poetry Opinions: The only things poems should ever be about.

“Someday we’re both going to be dead so you absolutely have got to have sex with me right now”

“War is hell and World War One, specifically, was a terrible idea, and this is what machine guns sound like”

“Carefully coded support for male-male sex”

“Goddammit I love this shepherd; just look at him”

“Let me describe this cherry tree to you, in detail”

“Where is everybody? Oh, right, they’re all dead. Everyone is dead”

“European colonialism is a terrific idea”

“I am looking at a poor person and thinking about death”

“Here is what you should do after I die when you’re standing by my grave”

“The sun is rising and we are going to have to stop having sex soon“