iiiii am sorry that i always send this out late but it is hard to do things now that the weather is horny in nyc !!!!!!! last night i outdoor dined with a few fab friends and drank too much and wandered home cutely into the night. now i write to u, my sexy little emailers from my bed..hungover, pantsless, fatigued and romantic all at once…
the good news is i liiiiterally get my best ideas when i wake up from 4-7am half-drunk and ill…Art Isn’t Easy (sunday in the park w george VIBES) that is my favorite musical and i also love spring awakening i saw it three times in two weeks when it came to houston when i was in high school. i dressed up and went to the theater and thought it all the most wonderful thing. god i ADORE john gallagher jr !! spriiiiing and suuuummerrrr etc. what makes y’all tick?
i rented a car to go to the hamptons today to celebrate my brother’s birthday. he is turning 27 which is crazy bc i of course am still 27 (emotionally) i will age gracefully i have such a round face that loves to be kissed by the sun !
is everyone okay? im randomly starting to get scared about things going back to normal …in my old age ive become accustomed to Not Leaving My House. i get tired when i walk. i fall asleep at 10pm. i watch murder shows and sip wine from a mug. my pants don’t fit and my boobs are too big for my bra ((not in a sexy way/ in a way that is inconvenient)) my body is addicted to fluctuating.
I think ill write some poems and then visit my friend at the cafe. i also have to mail something today which is …….one of the most daunting tasks for a gal like me (hot, frail, exhausted)……have you heard by the way? they’re selling my book at Target? do you have it yet? it’s sooo cute. whenever i walk into a bookstore i get rly nervous and look for it and when i see it i just stare at it for a few minutes and then leave. no fanfare. im very laid back as you all know !!! when im feeling literary i get SO shy…..is any of this remotely interesting? a friend told me sometimes it’s good to put the unfinished things out in the open. my stomach hurts……. here’s a few poems I LOVE YOU
WAIT ALSO - pls come to my one year anniversary show on ZOOM ft. Joel Kim Booster, Sydnee Washington, Rachel Sennott, Meg Stalter, George Civeris, and Pat Regan - TIX HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cabernet-cabaret-with-catherine-cohen-tickets-116829320643
POEM TIME
Hangover Poem
it’s so tiresome
this hyperbole of online living
I wake at 4am & download the my fitness pal app again
the window is open
a couple walks home
I want to pin my laundry on a clothesline
let the sun do its jobSPRING
in therapy on coffee
I learn I can feel the most irrational things
I’m so shallow & harmless
finding new hairs on my face
near my ring light in Manhattan
the streetlamp looks just like the moon
SUMMER
suddenly life got small & I made keto nachos
I mean it all I could do was watch
that glassblowing show on Netflix
someone made a whole breakfast out of glass
eggs and sausages, that kind of thing
I’m the opposite of a starving artist
binge eating in my studio apartment
why can’t there be more murder podcasts
where they actually find out who did it?
AUTUMN
I like the water bottles on love island
I like that exercise where I look like a pissing dog
I want to go to sleep but I keep having the best ideas
which of my terrible flaws will prove trendy in coming years?
WINTER
I’d love to be a great artist
thin & naked in Chelsea
in the 70s taking pictures of my friends
but tonight the door buzzes
on Jane Street it’s my Chipotle
a reminder of reality
which still exists despite its many flaws
Group Chat Poem
lets all get together
& adore a celebrity so much
that it becomes iconic to hate them
& ironic to love them again
is there anything as endless
as fries for the table
august in scotland
the hour before showtime
the condiments in the fridge
I don’t remember when I started caring but that doesn’t mean I can stop
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