UH-OH
︎︎︎︎︎ Johanna Stone
︎ Sept 25, 2023
I’m selfish like a five-year-old I’m stupid like a five-year-old I love you unconditionally like a five-year-old I’m about to throw a temper tantrum like a five-year-old I live with my parents like a five-year-old the only thing that makes me happy are videos of cute animals behaving anthropomorphically like a five-year-old I can’t control my urges like a five-year-old I can’t control my urine like a five-year-old I crash my car like a five-year-old I don’t use my words like a five-year-old I am unemployed like a five-year-old I don’t understand money like a five-year-old my mom just explained to me how credit cards work like a five-year-old I won’t do what I’m told my stars and hearts are uneven I ask for crayons I fit on one hand like yeah I’m twenty-four years old nineteen years ago I was five years old and I learned how to spell STOP S-T-O-P and I learned how to spell Mississippi Emeyeyesess-Eyeyesess-Eyepeepeeeye and to this day those are some of the only words I know
Johanna Stone is a poet and playwright based in Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared onstage at The Brick and Ensemble Studio Theater, and on paper in The Dry River.
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