step 1: clip it to your belt loop.
like a badge of honor.
let it dangle. let it clack.
everyone in the cafeteria must hear it.
step 2: feed it.
snack → meal → praise → snack.
what’s your your beep count, baby?
step 3: show no fear
when it beeps during math.
that’s just what icons do.
i named mine Britney2.
she died during the pledge of allegiance.
rest in pixel, britney2.
coolness is carrying three at once
on a rhinestone lanyard from Claire’s.
coolness is saying they couldn’t handle the fame
when they die before lunch.
coolness is scheduling their funerals
between french and gym.
in 2002, i didn’t believe in love,
but i did believe in buttons.
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Shae is a queer, autistic goblin interested in the intersection of disability justice and design, collecting tiny trinkets and having an unwavering devotion to Shrek as both art and ideology.
