I've been around for a while, so I figured it was about time I make an introduction post. My name is Laika. I am twenty years old. I am a poet. I am not so old but sometimes when I notice out of the corner of my eye that my glasses prescription is worsening I feel it.
My favourite poet is Richard Siken. My favourite poem of his is Wishbone.
I do not do things in halves. On this account, I will post some of my poetry which I think is "complete". I will periodically go insane and delete half of it. What I really want is to touch people who are also grieving like me. Who feel like they were born into it. These are the most important years of your life and you are too tired.
I use the neutral "they" pronoun. I like video games. I skip classes sometimes because I don't know what to say. I prefer classic English literature because they don't have stupid rules like your sentences can't be run-on or you have to be clear and use the pronouns this way. Quotation marks are optional and so, apparently, are physical descriptions of the character you're following. I read a stanza of Edmund Spenser and understand fuck all. But I prefer it that way.
Clarity is the enemy of my emotions. I don't like to name. I've always been like this. From the time I could talk. My stuffed toys' names are as follows: Panda, Monkey, Baby Monkey, Axolotl, Cat, Penguin, Zuko, Waddles, Smaller Panda, and Totoro.
