TOP MODEL BACKWARDS
TOP MODEL BACKWARDS
after Rachel
no pressure : as in twelve supermodels dressed as Michael Jackson
no pressure : as in there was no one there to critique the way you removed
your shirt
there was no pressure : as in Mercy’s ‘weeping and the moaning and
the gnashing of teeth’ i subconsciously hum it all day superimposed
between my Brooklyn apartment and the image of Brooklyn on my computer
screen
no pressure : as in American Vogue and Italian Vogue laying together on the
nightstand
as in I love you both Allison Harvard & Bianca Golden your creepy grace a
declension displayed through a series of angles to work that little something extra
where I can feel you move fluidly under my skin animating the passivity staying up
all night to watch the ANTM marathon
no pressure : tho’ tired & sore i can still imagine Tyra Banks holding me
by the nape of the neck in her mouth & my shoulders instantly release
as something unexpected rises out of this rigid muscle a revenant a con-
stellation of suggested movement seriously
no pressure : we can restage the entire world room by room & live there like
James Bidgood enveloped in silver lamé until distinction withers into
no pressure : anyways, insomnia, terror, fierce boredom will eventually dissolve
within the brilliant cluster of stars at the center of our galaxy where there is no
pressure no potential elimination challenge only weightless fire : as in we move on
