The possums in my roof have
more social capital than I do
I follow them on instagram and
at dusk when they post I comment
“get out of my roof *simp emoji*”
I should block off any entry points
but my ceilings are too high, besides
the possums have already cordoned
them off with tiny velvet ropes
and a bouncer I recognise says I need ID
I am a pest in my own home, under a
dancefloor of grasping appendages
I keep possum hours, waiting for them
to be ejected, brawling, into the night
but the time never comes
the possums in my roof are getting
more and more territorial despite
not paying rent. in the morning a mangled
blue-tongue emerges like a final girl
defeated but breathing
I worry I might leave looking the same
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