Poetry

First World Problems A to Z

SUZANNE BUFFAM

Abstract art.


Blackout blinds.

Chemotherapy wigs.

Divorce court.

Existential philosophy.

Foreign rights.

Gap year blues.

Homebirth rallies.

Income tax.

Jet lag.

Kindergarteners carrying heavy wifi loads.

Lunch-truck fatigue.

Metacriticism.

Non-communicable, age-related cardio-pulmonary diseases.

Orthodontists.

Peckishness.

Quandariness.

Retro-modern décor ennui.

Second World problems.

Third World problems.

Under-enrolled inner-city charter schools.

Vanity publishing.

Weltshmertz.

Xfinity router outages.

Yoghurt packaging rage.

Zero money down.

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SUZANNE BUFFAM

Suzanne Buffam's work has appeared in international anthologies and publications. Her first book, Past Imperfect, was the winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for Poetry. She lives in Chicago.


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