Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
Elegy in 4/4
Neil Young once sang
it's better to burn out
than to fade away which was
also coincidentally
quoted at the end of Kurt Cobain's
suicide note
we're always fixated on youth
aren't we?
better to be famous when
old men can sexualize // monetize you
when you
look taut in bikinis and heels
as saliva drips on
the magazine spread
your legs
Christina Aguilera once sang
you gotta rub me the right way
as a teen and even as a teen I
knew that was super creepy
but that’s still played
on the radio and we all
listen to it bob our heads
sing along like
whatever
have you ever thought that when Britney
the Spears one went batshit
and shaved her head
maybe that was the first thing
she could do
for herself
it's better to burn out
than to fade away which was
also coincidentally
quoted at the end of Kurt Cobain's
suicide note
we're always fixated on youth
aren't we?
better to be famous when
old men can sexualize // monetize you
when you
look taut in bikinis and heels
as saliva drips on
the magazine spread
your legs
Christina Aguilera once sang
you gotta rub me the right way
as a teen and even as a teen I
knew that was super creepy
but that’s still played
on the radio and we all
listen to it bob our heads
sing along like
whatever
have you ever thought that when Britney
the Spears one went batshit
and shaved her head
maybe that was the first thing
she could do
for herself
Biography
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz is a Pushcart Prize and Dwarf Stars Award nominee who also works as a professional visual artist. Her poetry has been featured in Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Bones, NHK World Haiku Masters, The Mainichi, and dozens of other publications. In addition, her poetry has been translated into German, Italian, and Chinese. Her first chapbook, says the rose, was published by Yavanika Press in 2019. You can learn more about her via www.tiffanyshawdiaz.com or through Facebook (@tsdartist).