"Laser Eye Surgery" by Sy Brand

Laser Eye Surgery

I got
The Surgery
to replace my tear
ducts with class
4 lasers,

now steal
my robots, break
my heart
again, I
dare you.

//

Now I'm banned
from sad movies
at the cinema,

I can't listen
to Mount Eerie
without a body count
anymore, please,
give me back my tears.

Sy Brand

Sy Brand is a queer non-binary Scottish poet. They write through the haze of cat-/child-induced sleep deprivation to make sense of gender, relationships, and ADHD. Their work has been published in Popshot Quarterly, Perhappened, and Capsule Stories, among others. Find them at https://sybrand.ink and on Twitter @TartanLlama.

Headshot: Sy Brand

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