A Note on Method Pt. II

Imagine how much more productive,
how prolific I would be

if my half-formed thoughts spewed as alliterations
and assonances

didn’t end up as a series of manic texts
in your inbox

during your workday
which you laugh at in between your classes,

or as an insistent stream
with a disproportionate ratio of pronouns

without a referent
at the end of the day.

I would have published volumes by now.

GABRIELA MAYES

Gabriela Mayes is a Brazilian essayist and poet. Her recent work appears or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, and others. Beyond writing, Gabriela directs graduate initiatives that bridge the academic and public humanities at Rice University. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from Northwestern University.