Babe by Lucia Gallipoli

I’m not Crazy, I’m Dramatic
I’m camp! I’m going off!
not my medications though
see what I did there?
I’m writing about my brain
and calling it headlining
let’s be honest, though: we all know
I’ve never listened to that thing, nor my gut
that fake psychology quiz affirmed that for me
—I know you know the one
I wish the acronym was even slightly valid
because my doctors certainly don!t tell me
what careers I would be good at
or which celebrities are also introverted and intuitive
instead they say things like "take care”
as if I’m not there because I’m already trying to
I take and I take and I take
and I keep getting
but I’m still not giving!
except myself a caffeine headache
because balancing out my sedatives
originally felt so Adult
because napping is for babies
and I am just a babe

october 26th, 2021

Lucia Gallipoli is a senior at NYU concentrating in sexuality, love, and art. She is probably lost somewhere in the cycle of worshipping Mitski and Kate Bush via Spotify and forgetting that they exist for a few weeks. More of her work can be found at https://www.luciagallipoli.com/.