"Intercom" a prose poem by Richard Siken. Loved this one, uploaded yesterday to:
https://lithub.com/intercom-a-prose-poem-by-richard-siken/
Here a tiny sampler:
"My father’s new house was a sprawling split-level with four bedrooms, a game room, a library, and changing rooms by the pool. There were only three of us. The bedrooms had intercoms on the walls by the light switches. They didn’t work. I wanted them to work. No one can interrupt you when you’re on an intercom. Then again, anyone can yell at you remotely without relenting. The new wife had cut large squares of blue and green carpet and covered the floor of the game room in a checkerboard pattern. She got a pool table for cheap. It was warped just enough so that learning on it ruined any chance I had at being any good. There was still room for an indoor bar, even though there was already an outdoor bar."
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