Song of the Anti-Sisyphus by Chen Chen

by Chen Chen for Jeff I want to start a snowball fight with you, late at night in the supermarket parking lot. I want you to do your worst. I want to put the groceries in the car first because it’s…

by Chen Chen for Jeff I want to start a snowball fight with you, late at night in the supermarket parking lot. I want you to do your worst. I want to put the groceries in the car first because it’s going to get nasty. Because I was reading today in the science section of the paper that passionate love lasts only a year, maybe two, if you’re lucky. Because I want to be extra, extra lucky. Because the article apologized specifically to poets—sorry, you hopeless saps—as though we automatically believe in love more than anyone else (more than carpenters, kindergarten teachers, novelists) & have be

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