I have done it again–
Nothing
Being useless
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like nothing
I do it so it ...
I set the strip mall on fire
The nail salon was the first to go
Up in smoke
Acetone and gel, powdered blood
It rained Lincoln Park After Dark nail polish
F...
Dayna Troisi is a viral writer, video personality, and professor of Creative Writing at Hofstra University. Her irreverent work on queerness, pop culture, and modern absurdity appears in outlets such as BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Glamour, and Marie Claire. She created SAD GIRLS, HONEY, a course tracing melancholic muses from Plath to SZA. Formerly Executive Editor of GO Magazine, she now channels her editorial eye into her her forthcoming book. Troisi does all things through which dry martinis, her bionic arm, and SSRIs strengthen her.