THREE TRIPLE SONNETS

DOROTHY CHAN

Triple Sonnet for Taking the Money and Taking That Exit Rosebud asks me if I can just take the moneyand run when I tell her about the Sugar Daddiesof Instagram™ hitting me up, taking me backto my mid-twenties in Tempe, Arizona whenall the single dads of the neighborhood wouldtry to come into my yard—into my pool, and whatis it with pools and drama in film? It’s that touchof blue—David Hockney me, why don’t you,a little splash, like we’re lovers painting eachother on canvas. And in my early twenties, Idared a much older lover to throw me againsta museum wall, taking me right then and there.Right then and there. Right here and now, he saidin the museum elevator. Fade screen out. It’s all buttons to push anyway. Are you cute asa button. Why…

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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2024

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