Excessive Packaging
Aynur Kuğay
The sun and moon are imitations
part of a surface everchanging, a veil
that turns over the truth
that Everything is you
I believe everything they tell me and
still am full of doubts
This heavy purse of double-sided coins
ordinary in its strangeness
pays for nothing but a continued
dance above the floor
seagulls fly, a martı darts by
faster than the truth
that I am just a falsity, and everything
else is you
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Aynur Kuğay is a poet and songwriter from San Francisco now living in Istanbul. She has most frequently graced the stage as Chicken Mama, composing and performing original songs that contemplate love and nature. Her poetry has appeared in the Walrus. She was chosen to represent Istanbul as a European regional slam finalist in 2020.
Follow her process at https://www.patreon.com/aynurkugay