Reply to Oliver Baez Bendorf’s ‘Dysphoria’

Euphoria

I, without any virtue
worst of all patience,
to drag
and drool
and mope,
must be happy;
elated to the extent of being
contagious. colourful.
I hear racism
is no longer about colour
but the type of drug
that you use.
my mouth is a gun
constantly firing f words
straight into the sky.
god is elated by this boy—
he drags
he drools
he mopes
when I am sad.
he points his middle finger and says
“this one must be happy always.”

Younglan Talyoung