—after Major Jackson’s “OK Cupid”

                        redownloading Grindr is like eating off diet
            and eating off diet is like filtering your selfie
and filtering your selfie is like outrunning the sun
            and outrunning the sun is like blowing a guy you shouldn’t
                        and blowing a guy you shouldn’t is like breaching paradise
            and breaching paradise is like dancing without shame
and dancing without shame is like using emojis for eulogies
            and using emojis for eulogies is like being young and dumb
                        and being young and dumb is like sending a dick pic
            and sending a dick pic is like going in debt
and going in debt is like being shaken awake
            and being shaken awake is like a glass house shattering
                        and a glass house shattering is like American healthcare
            and American healthcare is like waiting for a commercial to end
and waiting for a commercial to end is like beating a dead horse
            and beating a dead horse is like jerking a sugar daddy
                        and a jerking sugar daddy is like admitting defeat
            and admitting defeat is like running out lube
and running out of lube is like being in the closet
            and being in the closet is like playing Russian roulette
                        and playing Russian roulette is like going to school
            and going to school is like learning your credit score
and learning your credit score is like watching wildfires
            and watching wildfires is like bracing for the end
                        and bracing for the end is like bottoming for a guy you shouldn’t
            and bottoming for a guy you shouldn’t is like watching news anchors
and watching news anchors is like forgetting how to hope
            and forgetting how to hope is like getting ghosted
                        and getting ghosted is like being called a faggot
            and being called a faggot is like being yanked out your body
and being yanked out your body is like falling in love
            and falling in love is like a horror movie
                        and a horror movie is like floating down a dark river
            and floating down a dark river is like growing up online as a twink
and growing up online as a twink is like getting mauled by bears
            and getting mauled by bears is like overcoming social anxiety
                        and overcoming social anxiety is like looking in the mirror
            and looking in the mirror is like knowing you need to change
and knowing you need to change is like revelation
            and revelation is like a fading rainbow
                        and a fading rainbow is like growing older
            and growing older is like holding a bomb
and holding a bomb is like sitting alone at the bar, staring into your phone

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