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2 Poems by benedict nguyễn

4/30/2021

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​benedict nguyễn is a dancer, writer, and curator based on unceded Lenape and Wappinger lands (South Bronx, NY). Their writing has appeared in AAWW’s the Margins, Brooklyn Rail, Diacritics, and Pank, among others. In 2019, they created the multidisciplinary performance platform “soft bodies in hard places.” They publish a monthly-ish newsletter “first quarter moon slush” on substack and are sometimes online @xbennyboo.

bezel bleed
    after Jessica Alba, Awkwafina, The Bold Type, Ariana Grande,
    Vanessa Hudgens, Daniel Dae Kim, Gwyneth Paltrow, & Jia Tolentino


              @me_on_main
It is up to me to represent myself I see me and I
deserve to see me I want to help me solve I want
to be an additive to life When I post I’m giving
voice to highlight #representation starts both
in front and behind the camera Paint over this
screen with lit up pixels of your heart Bleed
your aorta dry so story exists people feel less
alone so people stay #woke Its hard to make
a living That’s harsh reality of participating
in these systems gain a little more freedom Use
freedom to reject things you no longer need
But keep writing write what you know #ownvoices
An equal world is enabled coming together we can
A journey to 100 likes too 1000 dollars begins with
a single post a single # this is #art #resistance #ad

                           @me_on_main commented:
                so my comments are being taken out of context
                It’s a crazy time this is NOT plagiarism this is a
                collage not a cop out this is my art this is my
                labor this is curation this is me thank me it is
                incredibly dangerous and selfish to take this
                ​situation that lightly people are going to die
                which is terrible but like inevitable stay inside

                                                                                                @me_alt
                                                                                When u bleed over my screen with the lit
                                                                                ​up pixels of ur wet heart paint ur aorta so
                                                                                ​ur story exists don’t forget ur telling them
                                                                                ​what hurts u what moves u they already know
                                                                                ​ur blood type now they know ur behavioral
                                                                                ​type so take this message and whisper it in
                                                                                ​my ear sign it on someone’s palms write it
                                                                                ​down and pass it on find ur friends online
                                                                                ​if u rly must then log off forever unless
                                                                                ​new friends need to find u online too then
                                                                                ​log back on grow the movement between new
                                                                                ​accounts deleted accts darting beneath the
                                                                                ​algorithm that’s probably still smart enough
                                                                                ​to catch u doesn’t care u hate surveillance
                                                                                ​​what else u do about it huh right something
                                                                                ​they already approved or tell someone how
                                                                                ​much u care and they scroll past anyway
                                                                                ​another representation rubs their attn as
                                                                                ​​if they’re choosing anything tell them again




​
nom nom norm

Gorged on         calories when hungry
for the nutrition of ur sweaty          skin
ate so          much i ruined my intestine’s
inner cells with the ravages          of modernity’s

complex division          of carbs, chew chew to stay
sane mmm doesn’t even taste          sweet
so norm’ed          i am to smol sucrose
poured over factory dough          i come to

think          it should all come like that
coated in extra spackles tickle my          palate
flaky          tension torn the psychodrama of my
at home cooking show featuring          eating

have i ever          watched myself watch someone
watching themself pull their eyelid          back to
etch          daggers on their lids wonder if they
knew they were making          soft pore

porn          conjuring the jagged wings of an angel
if pressed for cash do i pay          the worker or
buy          the eyeliner swoop past that pit of guilt
keep spectating the stretch and          pull

of skinning          pulling wrinkles tight and taut
brush pat beat rub and most          importantly
blend          into the surface, blur til its totalizing
illusion cuts me open          i too could be          that

a turn on          the webcam, just a bite of dough, a dextrose
brush across my chin, swallow what agony is          there
swipe swipe          dab dab          then bake til i glow full from within
just powder          mist to finish off          my mask waiting          ​            for
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