Where all the stupid people have been before
let’s be stupid, and get stupid let’s be like,

stupid happy drive down 18 hours stopping by
every pie and gator tourist trap and get trapped

let’s see the stupid Everglades and Florida Keys
that every stupid person swears

is the most beautiful after all, you’re tired of
everyone telling you how stupid you are

for not having gone by now what are you
waiting for, stupid it’s like stupid,

you haven’t gone where you can be
like brain dead lie on the beach,

and do nothing you should do nothing
you need it just relax, stupid I dare you

Puneet Dutt’s The Better Monsters was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for poetry and was shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Her most recent chapbook was longlisted for the 2020 Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest, selected by Carl Phillips. Dutt lives in Markham with her partner and two kids.


Image: “That Would Be a Turtle Atop a Gatorfrom The Dollar Store Estate Sale Collection

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