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Hillary Adler: Did You Google That or Shake a Magic 8 Ball?

September 16, 2022 by PBQ Leave a Comment

Emily, there aren’t a lot of feelings I feel that I don’t
Google to understand what they are or try to search
For self-validation & or even just random thoughts
Once I was in Beijing & kept trying to Google things
But it’s blocked in China BTW Baidu is a terrible
Search engine I don’t know what it’s good for
Maybe if I spoke better Mandarin it would be useful
But for now I will stick to Silicon Valley & Sundar Pichai
I can tell you that my recent search history includes:

Where should I move?

Will Biden win Florida?

Strategies for increasing net worth through mutual funds

Are my itchy eyes a covid symptom?

Is Janelle Monae a lesbian?

Drunk dialed the girl i’m dating

Things to know before dating a lawyer

What does love feel like?

How soon is too soon to fall in love?

Scientific signs you’re falling in love

Am I falling in love?

I can tell you that I’m still not sure where to move &
That Biden most likely will not win Florida despite
Michael Bloomberg’s billion dollar push to reverse
Felon voting disenfranchisement & I won’t bore you
With what I learned about mutual funds though you’re
Right, it is a steady way to build wealth & and no, itchy
Eyes are not a covid symptom but Janelle Monae is
A lesbian (I think) or at least bisexual & I found out
Nothing about drunk dialing a crush other than not to
(oops). Turns out there’s this chemical called phenyle
Thylamine & it’s the same chemical you find in chocolate
Which is why you can’t just have one piece & be satisfied
Which is why I can’t text you once & be satisfied or call
You once & be satisfied I want to keep texting & keep
Calling for however long you keep responding. It’s the
Chemical your brain releases when you’re falling in love
& I probably didn’t need google to tell me that i was or
That i think you are too, and when i told my friend she said,
“Did you google that or shake a magic 8 ball”

Filed Under: Issue 103, Poetry, Poetry 103 Tagged With: Hillary Adler

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