You Are Infinite, Baby, Infinite
Fox News and Tik Tok will tell you different
but you are money
you are bars of gold
you are a billion times better than that
you are energy
you are surplus
you are thrum
you are purpose
you are shiny new truck that never breaks down
on the way to the bowling alley
you are thousands in savings
and millions in checking
with a credit score so high
you can colonize Mars tomorrow
and give free cookies to the elite
because it feels so fucking good to be alive
you are in fact prize egg
with a diamond no an amethyst no a ruby inside
a ruby more vivid than your heart
my god can you imagine such saturation
you are Farrah Fawcett hair circa 1979
and you are Cybill Shepherd as Jacy Farrow
you are Aqua Fresh smile
you are Chef Boyardee pizza hot from award winning oven
you are Holly Hobbie with extra flowers
you are G.I. Joe but you don’t kill anyone
let’s be clear
you come in peace
to make deeply felt love to Barbie
and build taco huts on sexy beaches
you are every chakra aglow
you are snow in mounds
because kids still make snowmen
and come inside for Swiss Miss with extra marshmallows
you are symphony
you are jukebox
you are David Lee Roth singing “Panama” on MTV
when wax still spun from Monahans to Malibu
so don’t sell yourself short
don’t you dare be complicit
self-loathing is the only sin
because it makes you fucking boring
“You Are Infinite, Baby, Infinite” is included in Misti’s forthcoming book of poetry and cassette, Super Cherry Extra, coming soon and available at the Underground Lit Fest in Toledo on November 7-8.
Misti Rainwater-Lites shuffles tarot cards to keep the lights on and scribbles lines and makes sick beats to maintain a semblance of sanity while melting from triple digit heat and menopause in San Antonio, Texas. She does it all for the nookie so you can take that cookie and shove it up your ass.
