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Michael Passafiume

how it's going

washed up
beat up
tapped out
wiped out
torn down
broke down
ripped apart
brain fart
hacked
whacked
in flames
set aflame
has been
hazmat
dumbstruck
dump truck
out of luck
you dumb fuck
lost
listless
mouth zipped
tongue tied
bankrupt
void
self-worth
worthless
worked over
game over
overspent
disappointment
no wit
no hit
no glove
no love
Michael Passafiume is a Brooklyn, NY-based writer who received his MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles. A former poetry co-editor at Lunch Ticket, his work has appeared in Book of Matches, Jet Fuel Review, Madcap Review, Stone Poetry Quarterly and Welter Online, among others. His chapbook, archipelagos, was published by Blue Hour Press. He can be found on Instagram at @instafiume and at michaelpassafiume.com.
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