kids my age are writing about breakups

but i haven't been broken yet by anyone

other than me.

kids my age screwing

and kids my age screwing up.

kids my age shooting other players

in their videogames, shooting themselves

in their blank rooms and livestreaming it

shooting other kids my age

before shooting themselves

and livestreaming it.

kids my age thinking

pics or it didn't happen

thinking it's real only if

it happened to them, or thinking

it's real only if it hasn't happened

to them yet.

kids my age under the taliban

under kim jong-un. kids my age

who cannot believe they're just kids.

kids my age taking my order, homedelivering

food to me, asking for 5-star ratings

calling me sir.

kids my age calling me fag

calling me jaan, calling me honey.

kids my age walking past love

without noticing, thinking love

must be something big. i want small

things and the smallness of it.

kids my age are licking honey off razorblades

and calling it art, calling it life.

~ ajay

26/1/2022