Identity Crisis in Wonderland
︎︎︎ Rachel Haywire
︎ June 27, 2026
I am a fallen aristocrat
Downtrodden sophisticate
Petite counter-elite delusional genius
Schizophrenic prototype
Post-multi-hyphenate
Metapolitical archivist in hiding
Like all the other girls in my army
Waiting for the powerful to catch up
Knowing they never will I feel sexy
So far ahead I’ve been left behind
The last punk standing just like your sister
Downtrodden sophisticate
Petite counter-elite delusional genius
Schizophrenic prototype
Post-multi-hyphenate
Metapolitical archivist in hiding
Like all the other girls in my army
Waiting for the powerful to catch up
Knowing they never will I feel sexy
So far ahead I’ve been left behind
The last punk standing just like your sister
Rachel Haywire is the founder of Fiume Gallery in New York City and the author of The New Art Right. She writes poetry and cultural criticism at The Cultural Futurist.