Tao Lin - In manhattan on 29th street across the avenues then over a railing there is a little beach lyrics

you quit school and gave up on life you had cancer or something so they excised your flesh there were other problems with your lymph nodes you came to my reading in chinatown and vomited we had creative writing you wrote about a dog that was a sad robot i wrote about sad children and a giant squid now you are an electrician because of student loans you are f**ed there is an online game that you play you have gained a lot of weight you said you don't check your email anymore i lent you money for cigarettes ‘you've given up on life,' i said you said you hadn't i said we'd play the lottery you said you just threw out about seventeen non-winning tickets i said i went to atlantic city over thanksgiving and won i said we'd go to atlantic city you said you can't; not until you win the lottery you took me to the beach the beach was gray you lay on a rock and you said it was beautiful it was 3 a.m. and i stood there the water was black ‘let's go,' i said ‘wait,' you said i said okay and a few minutes pa**ed