Two-Facebook
Come here to send an Enemy Request;
upload an ugly photo of your ex;
cancel a classmate; disinvite a guest;
report a neighbor’s night of drunken sex.
With icons for Dislike, Abhor, and Hate;
emojis for What ev, F*** off, No duh,
you’ll find yourself well-stocked to stay up late
bingeing on anti-social media.
Because let’s face it: niceness makes us tired.
It’s hard to choke back every surge of pride.
You need somewhere to vent—no tact required!—
a platform for your inner Mr. Hyde.
David Southward
teaches in the Honors College at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His collections include Bachelor’s Buttons (Kelsay Books 2020) and Apocrypha, a sonnet sequence based on the Gospels (Wipf & Stock 2018). David is a two-time winner of the Lorine Niedecker Prize and in 2019 his poem “Mary’s Visit” received the Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry. He resides in Milwaukee with his husband, Geoff, and their two beagles. Read more at davidsouthward.com.