courtesy of YouTube
i have now heard what a dial-up modem sounds like
when slowed down 700%

haunted houses
y’all gotta take note of that shit

these days
the golden rule is followers > following
and i low-key

hate myself for caring

yet that still doesn’t stop me
from checking my phone
8,437 times each minute

damn

i still remember listening
to the radio in ’97
mixtape at the ready

waiting waiting

to press record at the exact moment
NIN’s Closer began

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her chapbooks include: says the rose (Yavanika Press 2019), filth (Proletaria 2020), and tyranny of the familiar (Yavanika Press 2020). You can find her on Instagram and Twitter via @tiffanyshawdiaz.