Daniel Brennan
Solipsism
On Twitter I’m served
an advertisement for a hunting game
the sight locks-in on a
wolf and then a
deer and then the bullet does
what a bullet does best
gamifies death makes
oblivion a beginner sport
it calls to me and asks me
to taste the red meat of violence
its simulation a masturbatory
stroke a slight of hand and I wonder
why would anyone dare to
practice that which comes
when we least expect it?
Daniel Brennan (he/him) is a queer writer and coffee devotee from New York. Sometimes he's in love, just as often he's not. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize/Best of the Net, and has appeared in numerous publications, including The Penn Review, Sho Poetry Journal, Puerto Del Sol, and Trampset. He can be found on Twitter @DanielJBrennan_