Inversion
︎︎︎ Jasmine Rodriguez
︎ Feb 26, 2026
In Reykjavik, a blond boy in waterproof trousers pierces a Birch tree with an arrow
His attention is ceremonial, devotion to precision.
It parodies your Burbank narcissism,
Downright inversion, corroded by bumper to bumper tension.
You warn him still, your life is wild too:
A black Mercedes brakes on Magnolia Blvd and the sun dies cleanly,
You lost loved ones, lunatics, keys, lipsticks, money, handwritten letters.
Estrangement, you say, is wilder.
Wilder than all the white-tailed eagles and Icelandic horses.
His attention is ceremonial, devotion to precision.
It parodies your Burbank narcissism,
Downright inversion, corroded by bumper to bumper tension.
You warn him still, your life is wild too:
A black Mercedes brakes on Magnolia Blvd and the sun dies cleanly,
You lost loved ones, lunatics, keys, lipsticks, money, handwritten letters.
Estrangement, you say, is wilder.
Wilder than all the white-tailed eagles and Icelandic horses.
Jasmine Rodriguez is a writer from the West Coast who values Equestrian Therapy.
Also by Jasmine: Fatal Attraction