Poetics: Flat Dread Forklift

“I’m really happy for you two,” a neighbor radiating android energy said to whoever was on the other side of her ear piece in her flat tone as we rode the elevator down to the garage.

“I dread leaving my apartment,” someone posted in a local online community, “because I can’t stand how anti-social people are.”

“Man drives forklift recklessly through Downtown Los Angeles,” the news headline read, “causing damage to multiple buildings.”