Tell-All
I have many bad memoirs
I mean, memories
of times I had the undivided
attention of my peers
when I faked textures and enchantments
when I polished a little sea urchin
when I predicted my own humiliation
I have seen many complicated movies
well, photographs really
or sometimes stories
I have written many bad photographs
over recent years
my father jr says what
good does it do
to stand so close
well, jr, static energy
when my reflection and I meet
without a mirror
I have had much heartbreak
I mean, heartburn
I am known in most circles for poor digestion
and leisurely eating
when I sought out Corsica
I put it on a sorry little broadside
so that I would not be led to Corsica
I wrote a terror on my terror
which led me to a successful autobiography
in which I tell you all how I got here
my father drowned in a lake
the most divine chocolate cake
Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué is a poet and writer living in Chicago. He is the author of three books of poetry, including most recently Losing Miami (The Accomplices, 2019) which was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry. His fourth poetry book, Madness, is forthcoming from Nightboat Books. He is also the co-editor of a book of selected sketches by the artist Gustavo Ojeda, forthcoming from Soberscove Press in 2020. He is currently a PhD student in English at the University of Chicago where he works in the study of sexuality.