Apparently the new club I started where ‘we write Rupi Kaur poetry about Penn’ was deemed by SAC as “too specific” and “is this a serious club.” Given this blatant attempt to silence the arts, I will be using the only platform I have to promote this up and coming club. 

tragik
she was on campus housing
he was revision to fall semester plans regarding on campus housing 

zoom
it’s funny
when it’s 30% participation, the words spill out of you
summaries and rambling examples and agreeing with others
but when there’s no participation element
mic muted, camera off
i guess i thought you really wanted to talk 

por favor señor 
now i understand
when you said it was unprecedented times 
you wanted to make it 
more unprecedented
why are there so many discussion posts, señor

feminism
feminism is
not taking a wage cut 
when you’re making
3.6 million dollars a year
during a pandemic
while you lay off
over a hundred subcontracted
dining workers
because women need to be
strong in this patriarchal society
amirite ladies

break
breakout rooms?
more like
breakdown rooms
hahah
hah
h-help me 

sometimes i still have nightmares
hi is this ____?
my name is Sophie and i’m a freshman
calling from the university of pennsylvania
how are you doing today?
great! i’m calling today just to do some alumni outreach and (fundraising), can i start by verifying some contact information? 

hmm
i started these poems as a bit but
maybe i should start a club?
ahaha jkjk,,,,
unless?