nicholas corsaro

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Advertisements in my porn, branded coffee cup sipped with a moan
Latex loving sucking paired with an ad for frying pans (see background)
Advertisements in my socks, I find pebbles with QR codes and slogans
Every step can be tracked on an app in your phone for a buck a week
Advertisements on my fridge between sour milk and rotten vegetables
Ad for A.I. companion to help you on dating apps, don’t be lonely

Don’t be bored, watch this video and watch this next
With ads before and after and in the middle (pay to remove)
Join a running club that costs $20 a month plus daily coffee shop stops
Or stay home, listen, vinyl records, punk music with Facebook ads
Video lecture series on the horror of being known, give ‘em your cookies, Ma
Baby bottle ads in my books between revolutionaries and anarchists

Ads on the subway platform next to anti-suicide campaign poster
Buy youth and plastic and sex, cheaper than groceries and medicine
“Skinny chic in style,” says Galen Weston Jr.
“Not in therapy? Red flag,” says friend who makes six-figures
“It’s the immigrants,” says man on the subway whose parents ain’t native
“No, the Trans,” says his wife, ain’t ever met one, but buys Jordan Peterson

Hard to hear bullshit? Ad for whisky, liquor, love.
I hear they’re working on ads for your dreams, might sign up for testing
If I want to eat, if I want clean coin wash clothes or sleep
‍ ‍—Ad Break—
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Record low prices, record low standards, record low empathy
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‍ ‍ —End of Ad Break—
Maybe I’ll pick up a second job next week…

Nicholas Corsaro is a writer and editor based in Toronto, Ontario. In 2022, he completed a master’s of English Literature at the University of Ottawa, where he focused on trauma and psychoanalytic readings of the Beat Movement, before completing a Publishing certificate at Centennial College in 2024. His work has appeared in publications such as Blueprint and The Ivy Magazine. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.