TRANSFORMATION
upon rewatch of sex & the city
realize ur my mr big
failing to heed
this dispatch from africa
“ a lot of giraffes, i saw abt 10 giraffes ”
the birds at the monastery
have diff-colored eyes
take ur pick—they’re all for u
sugar on a grapefruit
pink salt on a rim
the american west
zen when u count ur green
“ loose-fitting hospital gown ”
—is there any other kind ???
experts agree
many such cases
my psychic says my aura is FORTUNE
my vibe is MONIE MONIE MONIE
the womyn reading my palms
wants them to speak a little louder
ur sonnets 13 lines—must be superstition
they’re waiting for me to complete them
i oblige
it’s what i do best
Michael Chang (they/them) is the author of many volumes of poetry, including Synthetic Jungle (Northwestern University Press, 2023), Toy Soldiers (Action, Spectacle, 2024), and Things a Bright Boy Can Do (Coach House Books, 2025). They won the Poetry Project’s Brannan Prize and edited Lambda Literary’s Emerge anthology. Their work has appeared in such publications as AGNI, the American Poetry Review, the Harvard Review, the Iowa Review, and POETRY. They are judging Cream City Review‘s 2025 Prize in Poetry. They live in Manhattan.
