can be used to reference
the terrain of snake slinging
0megle cowboys, always
copperheaded and venomous—
a tip of a hat is not gentlemanly
in these parts. I clicked
on many plants that I did not know
were cacti, cleared the cache
by picking prickles from my
twelve-year-old fingers.
I searched the terrain
of many ghost towns, haunted
by Black-eyed Children,
Slenderman, Jeff the Killer.
Bang! Bang! Bang! even Buffalo Bill
would be scared in these parts,
to snap sepia tones selfies for
the who knows how old wolves
on Kik messenger. Some left
permanent footprints of secrets,
mistakes, jokes in poor taste
on a trail with a Godlike memory.
Well, it wasn’t all bad playing pioneer
but the burning sun of the digital
wild west is setting, & under
this pitch black, star-filled
AI sky, I am woman.
Jacqulyn Seyferth is a multi genre writer and visual artist. She is inspired by Internet culture, fairytales, and creepy antiques. Jacqulyn is pursuing her M.F.A. in Fiction. She can be found on instagram @jacqulynseyferth
