Words:
Key
To enter my apartment, you must have a key.
Keys are made of sturdy metal.
A password can also be a type of key.
Carrie Underwood keyed her lover’s car.
Love
Love is a feeling of affection between two people.
I am in love.
Romeo loved Juliet.
My favourite love is romantic love.
Swap
Love unlocks doors.
To enter my apartment, you must have love.
Love is made of sturdy metal.
A password can also be a type of love.
Carrie Underwood loved her lover’s car.
Key is a feeling of affection between two people.
I am in key.
Romeo keyed Juliet.
My favourite key is romantic key.
Secret Truth:
a password can almost be a type of love
like, for example, how my first two
passwords were a dog & a fish. how
i tacked on the birthday of a man
to the latter. tech experts will say insecure
& mean it two ways when they speak
of me. & don’t i wish i could memorize
a string of random numbers & letters
instead of the remembering each
mistake each time i touch
fingerprints to plastic keyboard
nat raum (b. 1996) is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster based on unceded Piscataway land in Baltimore. They’re an MFA candidate and also the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press. Past publishers of their work include Delicate Friend, Corporeal Lit, and ANMLY. Find them online: natraum.com/links