American Water (Newark)
︎︎︎ Dan Svizeny
︎ Jan 8, 2026
I love when a waitress calls me baby, and the taste of American
water, and the smell of the burning floor mat when my dad misses the open car
window with the last of his cigarette. And maybe I should bleach my hair or
buzz it down to the skull. But I saw the back of an old lady’s shirt this
morning and it told me not to panic, then I ran ten miles straight down to a
sunken ship and unlaced my cement boots. I love it when my eyes start to droop
and when the suck of a straw makes me wince. There is potential in my pocket
and I grab it with my hand just to make sure it’s still there. Tighten my fist
to feel my pulse pump. And maybe it will punch a hole in the future so I can
step right through, clean to the other side.
Dan Svizeny was born in New Jersey in 1987. He works in sales.