Delusionship Bingo
| Picasso! Paint red flags green. | 45 minutes late to the date that isn’t a date. | They’re just friends with their ex. | Being the more interesting half of your conversations. |
*note: anything that requires clarification can be considered a lot going on. |
| Intimacy beginning and ending at the closeness of your skin. | . I should get this for them! | I love you before the first argument. | Speaking honestly only after you’ve swallowed spirits braver than you. | Butterflies! or Anxiety! |
| Checking your phone every two minutes for a text you won’t receive for two hours or two days. | They’re soo cute! (true) | Free Space! For your childhood. | Covertly checking their instagram. | Underestimating your self worth. |
| Random bouts of jealousy. | Making them a playlist. | Sex Fantasies. | They’re not into labels | Intense fear of dying alone. |
| Wanting. Wanting more. Wishing you were enough. | Thriving on Praise. | Hey Siri, play Why Don’t You Love Me by Beyoncé. | Always texting first. | Canceling plans to make time for them. Time for them becoming Time. |
Nnenna Loveth Umelo Uzoma Nwafor (they/she) is an Igbo lesbian poet, performer, and facilitator. Their work explores Black g*rlhood, Black queerness, Igbo Cosmology, Sensual play and rituals of healing. Nnenna published their debut chapbook, Already Knew You Were Coming, with Game Over Books in January of 2022 and has also been featured on Button Poetry, WBUR’s ARTery, VIBEs Magazine, and Ujima #Wire. When they speak, their ancestors are pleased. Please follow their work on IG @pleasure.as.compass or at pleasurearthealing.com