I Have Always Wanted To Have A Poem Written About Me
like the way I write about my gorgeous friends, their
presence lighting up my life like a neon sign board on a windy
highway with no other cars around. Perhaps it could have
been about the way I always choose to sit by the window
in public buses as it shakes and stirs like a Giant Cosmo— maybe I
could be The Cointreau, the second-lead, the co-star,
if not the protagonist. I could live with it. I don’t need the spotlight,
or even a happy ending. I would just like to be heard sometimes.
The Poem would have seen me & understood me all at once, unlike
all the lovers who have only chosen to do one thing at a time,
as if I were a vintage artifact at a museum, or the subtext in a dialogue.
It would be my turn with the reader. For once, I wouldn’t be lonely.
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Phoenix Tesni
Phoenix Tesni (she/her) is a twenty-three year-old poet from New Delhi. A Best Small Fictions finalist, her works also appear in Surging Tide, Limelight Review, Sage Cigarettes, Celestite Poetry, and many other places, and has also been nominated for the 2024 Best of The Net anthology. Once she worked in hospitality management— now she likes to dedicate her life to consuming & creating art, indulging in all forms of South-Korean multimedia, and petting as many cats as possible. You can find her at phoenixtesni.com or on Twitter/Instagram @PhoenixTesni.
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like the way I write about my gorgeous friends, their
presence lighting up my life like a neon sign board on a windy
highway with no other cars around. Perhaps it could have
been about the way I always choose to sit by the window
in public buses as it shakes and stirs like a Giant Cosmo— maybe I
could be The Cointreau, the second-lead, the co-star,
if not the protagonist. I could live with it. I don’t need the spotlight,
or even a happy ending. I would just like to be heard sometimes.
The Poem would have seen me & understood me all at once, unlike
all the lovers who have only chosen to do one thing at a time,
as if I were a vintage artifact at a museum, or the subtext in a dialogue.
It would be my turn with the reader. For once, I wouldn’t be lonely.
Appears in —
Phoenix Tesni
Phoenix Tesni (she/her) is a twenty-three year-old poet from New Delhi. A Best Small Fictions finalist, her works also appear in Surging Tide, Limelight Review, Sage Cigarettes, Celestite Poetry, and many other places, and has also been nominated for the 2024 Best of The Net anthology. Once she worked in hospitality management— now she likes to dedicate her life to consuming & creating art, indulging in all forms of South-Korean multimedia, and petting as many cats as possible. You can find her at phoenixtesni.com or on Twitter/Instagram @PhoenixTesni.
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