Today's poem is by Stella Wong

Chinese Remainder Theorem
       

a colloid is a united state
of matter suspended

in another. a hug from a terrycloth mother
preferred over the one wired

with food and drink. I don't think
I want to have the child.

chemtrails (overblown by now),
milk (fat in liquid, maternal

virus antibodies), styrofoam nubs
(packing peanuts), slimy mayonnaise

(gross but love), semen.
the difference

between medicine and poison
is dosage. now a chemist for dole,

your former aikido teacher
threw you across the room. you can't stop

talking about catching air.
when a pregnant character shows

on tv, you ask if there's anything I need
you to know, and should you set up

a financial plan. two beautiful islanders
split like pea soup, and online

fans are sad they're not pretending to stay together
for the children. netflix censors semen,

even when it's indistinguishable from vodka
in a lab cup.

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