On Correcting Pronouns Over Zoom
Kendall Packman

The sound cut out. 
        what did he say? 

//***// will hear more about this.
NoNoNonoNononoNonoNo
moment’s gone                sit in disgust
                                        there’s a delay 
                

it passed and ended before it reached my ears

light from a faraway sun    burns me


fuckfuckfuckfuck
                    I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. 

                                        but I sat on mute

Someone else corrected him in the chat
                I want an apology             I will not get one
                        If I did, it wouldn’t fix anything
                                    I did not get one

    your language gives away what you think of me
                my instinct is to leave
                walk away.             but I can’t do that
not virtually.


the hollows of my cheeks are hot and my heart is in my ears.
    I am angry
    your words betray you
        I am not who you say I am

Kendall Packman (Pomona '22) is a Media Studies major with a passion for storytelling as a vehicle for social change.