These poems are from a series inspired by reading Atlas Obscura stories while listening to a music genre randomly selected from my list. The poems were written immediately after reading, still while listening to the randomly chosen music. Please share and/ or click the “clap” button at the bottom if you enjoyed this.

The Gobi Desert Is a Red Sea of Chili Peppers
k-pop

I think of you
my mind goes red
and the desert smells like you.
I’m not a skank, I’m not a ho,
I’m a hot girl in hot sun.
I’ve been persecuted too,
forced into re-education
and abandoning my faith.
I just want to be yours.
We need a break from the heat
and the regime so I’m bringing
the spice. Let’s set the sand
on fire and dive in, dive in
the burning sand, dive in

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