Kelsey Carmody Wort

Gemini Drunkenly Scrolling through Her Twitter Feed in the Bar Bathroom

Vaguely sexy. Itching to be proved right. Scrolling through exes’
likes doesn’t thrill the way it used to and the purple glitter

building on my waterline could be a cosmic sign I’m choosing
to barrel through. Sticky waves styled with coconut and Cuervo fall

into my Gemini mouth as I amend the lipstick pep talk other
twins decree on the stall wall: two wrongs don’t make a right—

but let’s see if three do. Tights bunched around my ankles remind
me how much I like being tied down while still having hands

free. That was always my favorite part of being two: head that rests
& the lap that holds on the cab ride home. When I can be both,

I never need to choose.

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Kelsey Carmody Wort is an MFA candidate in poetry at Purdue University. She loves her home state of Wisconsin, pop music, postcards with painted flowers and dancing around her kitchen.