Published Surface Goods

i remember this poet i met once in the cafeteria break room of a whole foods
i looked at his poetry
i just remembered his name again
i looked again; just now

and

it's the same as it ever was
a tinge of misogyny
a struggle to understand the female
surface goods
published

and a novella

if mediocrity is the trend
let's break the curve

too cool to talk to me then
and too cool now

is this sounding too bitter? well ok
whatever nevermind