Laminating introductions with my aversionto eye contact. My desire to disappear in plain sight. Pathological disinterestblends into every uncomfortable silence.Scratches the cellophaneof hermetically sealed opinions. My penchant for euthanizing pleasantries and instinct to recoil from handshakes are reasons I standout in a crowded room.
Shawnte Orion
Shawnte Orion is the author of The Existentialist Cookbook (NYQBooks) and Faithful as the Ground (Five Oaks Press). His poems have appeared in Barrelhouse, Threepenny Review, and New York Quarterly. He is an editor for Rinky Dink Press, and he has performed in bookstores, bars, universities, hair salons, museums, and laundromats.