2 + 2 = Ok, me

By Andrew Felsher
Spring 2022 | Poetry

I opened a gate

like any gate

within a gate.

I found a Language

I found Productive

I found a For Me!

For = Four = 2+2

And 2 + 2 = Ok.

And 2+2 = Assemble.

But 2+2 = Not Streamlined.

Not Streamlined = Assemble It.

Ok = Assemble It!

Streamlined =

2 many

Its

2 many

Oks

2 many

Factories to count

Say Thank you

Say Look, a Gap!

Say Ok I’ll Name that

Unfortunately then

build a container

made of sand

and hold it

in a palm

to see

Andrew Felsher is a writer based in New York City. His fiction and essays have appeared in São Paulo Review, Fiction Writers Review, Action, Spectacle, and elsewhere. He's also the Editor of 128 Lit, an international print and online literary magazine.

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