ode to auer deference*
*In administrative law, Auer deference is a principle of judicial review that requires federal courts to yield to an agency’s interpretation of its own ambiguous regulation.
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Remix baby
Put it on loop
(1) Copy rhythm
(2) Look at lyrics
(3) Insert theme into lyrics
(4) Has to match song
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Which Castro?
Actually
Which Jonas Brother?
Date/Marry/Kill
I think Ashley Tisdale (?)
Said
Among Zac Efron and the Sprouse Twins
She would kill Zac and do something with the Twins
I have a sneaking suspicion
I love you
Or that Zac Efron can’t get over me
I love you
I hate salad
Unless it’s potato salad
Or egg salad
Country estate somewhere in Virginia
Stables
Motion detectors
Locked out of heaven
Don’t try so fucking hard!
Sitting here thinking about my new shearling coat
It’s dark blue
Or midnight
Or navy
Midnight blue is my mom’s favorite color
My coat is made of the softest shearling
Made in Italy
Its brand is Thom Browne
It cost a fortune
(Of course)
That’s part of the appeal
(Duh)
I think of all the places I can take my beautiful shearling coat
I know you’re jealous
The British Museum
Tate Modern
Trafalgar Square
I think my shearling coat will get me the requisite attention
The finance bros are gawking
They know what’s up
REAL recognize REAL
And now all I need
Is for them to worship me even more
For my keen powers of observation
And my strategic mind
And my generosity of spirit
And my discerning taste
And my phenomenal palate
I know all the things you love about me
And
I won’t forget!
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Fucked up Love
White Love
Crystal Love
Dope Love
Soft Love
Fuck Love
Cloud Love
Sea Love
Tree Love
Bird Love
Alligator Love
Mao Love
Fidel Love
Nixon Love
Whole Love
Motherfucking Love
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The defense calls Meredith Monk to the stand
Ms. Monk please place your left hand on the Bible
Raise your right hand
Do you swear to tell the truth
Nothing but the truth
So help you God
I do
Thank you Ms. Monk you may be seated
Ms. Monk
Javier testified that until Old Town Road overtook it, the macarena was the most played song in human history. What say you?
Well, there are billions of people in the world with terrible taste. Unlike the fine people in my Monk Pack, MIND READERS from across the world, the masses of people have foul taste. It is appalling to be a MIND READER trapped in this clear famine of beauty. It is desolate. When I and the Monk Pack MIND READERS go to places like Penn Station or Grand Central, we’re screaming inside. I once read an article by Van Jones . . .
Ms. Monk let me stop you right there. Please answer the question as it was posed to you. Do you have a problem with that?
My problem is YOU!
How can YOU sit in judgment of me, MacArthur Genius Grant awardee Meredith Monk?
We’re not sitting in judgment of you, Ms. Monk
You are our side’s expert witness
Goddamnit let me have my music and
Bring out the dancing lobsters
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MICHAEL CHANG (they/them) poets to feel alive. Their writing has been published or is forthcoming in The Minnesota Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Heavy Feather Review, Thin Air, ellipsis... literature & art, Q/A Poetry, Yes Poetry, Typo Mag, Wrath-Bearing Tree, Bending Genres, The Hunger, Cabildo Quarterly, Willawaw Journal, Neon Garden, The Conglomerate, Queen Mob's Tea House, London Grip, Rogue Agent, Kissing Dynamite, BULL Fiction, Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine, Collective Unrest, Pink Plastic House, Little Rose, Milk + Beans, and elsewhere. They are the proud recipient of a Brooklyn Poets fellowship.
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