by Reynie Zimmerman
You’re a guest on a famous podcast. I’m listening
after reading my poetry in a large auditorium.
The host asks about my work; you respond,
It’s all fictional. The podcast studio
is gold and bright, an array of audio equipment
in sight. You sit with the host on the same side
of a desk. You tell the host,
I will be filing defamation charges.
My body no longer holds your DNA.
Reynie Zimmerman recently earned his MFA in Poetry from Miami University. His work usually focuses on the role of community in recovery from OCD and sexual assault. His poems have appeared in Molecule: A Tiny Litmag, BarBar, Lunch Ticket, and Tethered Literary. When he’s not writing poems, he’s knitting or working as a barista.