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POETRY / When I Die, Please Do Not Memorialize My Facebook Account / Lannie Stabile

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Though I’m sure the Zuck 
would torch 

my bones himself
if it meant cremation

trending,
let my posts and selfies  

decay like every other 
stretch of skin  

on this algorithm.
I get ill thinking  

of postmortem 
notifications  

declaring rest in peace,
while ads  

for recently Googled 
sit-in kayaks  

push up through my timeline 
like daisies.


Lannie Stabile (she/her), a queer Detroiter, often says while some write like a turtleneck sweater, she writes like a Hawaiian shirt. A finalist for the 2019/2020 Glass Chapbook Series and semifinalist for the Button Poetry 2018 Chapbook Contest, Lannie's first published collection, "Little Masticated Darlings," is now out with Wild Pressed Books. Individual works are published/forthcoming in Entropy, Pidgeonholes, Glass Poetry, Okay Donkey, and more. Lannie currently holds the position of Managing Editor at Barren Magazine and is a member of the MMPR Collective. She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee.