Latex, Texas

“Latex, Texas is a gripping, gorgeous portrait of purgatory. It fucked me up: I swore the words on the page were getting bigger and bigger, like the font had become infected, like the cut-up sentences had gotten sick and swollen. What a ride.”
—Derek McCormack (author, Castle Faggot)
I see Houston
on the TV
It is not
New York
It is not
Chicago
It is not
Washington
with its high population
its surplus child sacrifice
further foolish activities
the great city stands