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Sarp Sozdinler

My Tamagotchi

Died after an existential crisis


The dead pixel on my screen

won’t stop staring at me.


The lint in my jacket pocket

is 60% fabric, 40% despair.


The lettuce in my BigMac

thinks spinach is just a glorified grass.


My sad body

believes in second chances.

A Turkish writer & poet, Sarp Sozdinler has been published in Electric Literature, Kenyon Review, Masters Review,​ Trampset, JMWW, and Normal School, among other journals. Their work has been selected or nominated for anthologies including the Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Wigleaf Top 50. They are currently working on their first novel in Philadelphia and Amsterdam.

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