None sexier than a needy burdensome man only in the way, with a whole lot of confidence but just not enough. confidence.

Alejandro Elias Perea
2 min readSep 4, 2023

Oh preformed performance

It’s embarrassing to date you, you’re undatable

But we’re and we’ll, try.

But only if you drive me absolutely up the way with your pouting, because you know it’s not me who cares.

It’s you, and more importantly, them.

I will only show them the love that they think they are missing and entitled to, but it’s always just the love that we make together that matters anyway.

Making love happens not now, not yesterday, or in the future. It actually does not happen here at all, it’s in the place she allows us to be in that moment instant

Out of time.

Are you sure you can make love again. Not the same love but new fresh love.

That’s just her, but you know that.

I know that I don’t have to try to get, take, make, or stake my love.

I just simply make love, because love wants to be made.

So, are you making love now?

A flower would know.

I am going to expect only what I’ve been advised to experience, only to wish to make them laugh.

Why hide.

Show you’re childlike and then see if they want to make love.

No, they just want to laugh.

And if you are funny, she’ll

Babe,

Anyone that wants to fuck you is sus.

And you want to fuck so that makes you sus.

These are the times.

Read the room.

You’ll never win at the pissing contest because, who would try? And if they did…

But you can do well in the meat market, are you the right cut, shredded.

And my dude is like don’t

Why

Seriously

And I’m like it’s just the only way that I know to feel like anything is

Its fucking entitlement

Its power.

But, you told your mom that what you’re really after, afterall.

Mommy, I want power. In a whisper she said “vete pa’ ya” “quitate de’aqui”

But really, I’ve always just gotten lucky.

I’ll just wait

The stars may align again

The space where cause and effect have no power

A space where freedom returns with no purpose or reason

No entitlement or obligation

Fearless and free

Curse-less

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Alejandro Elias Perea

MFA and MA Writing Visual Critical Studies Candidate - California College of the Arts 2023