SOMETIMES
Devon Webb
sometimes I just wait for the time to pass
the city seethes & empties itself on top of me
drowning in the drudgery & I can barely breathe
sometimes it just seems impossible – surviving
when all we achieved this past century is switching
from socialist fascism to capitalist fascism
I watch the world die & die inside so fucking slowly
where are we going but deeper into
the spiral of our simultaneous individual & collective despair
we are all so sad & tired why can’t we just break things
there are so many men I would love to see
drop like a fucked puppet with no strings & no
limbs left moving yet why are we still
letting their misery lead?
Devon Webb (she/her) is a writer & editor based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her award-winning work has been published extensively worldwide & revolves around themes of femininity, vulnerability, anti-capitalism & neurodivergence. She is a staff writer for Erato Magazine & Pulp Lit Mag, an editor for Prismatica Press, & a founding member of The Circus (@circuslit), a collective prioritising radical inclusivity within the indie lit scene. She can be found on social media at @devonwebbnz.