by James Penha
NFT beats cheugy to be Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
—The Guardian, November 24, 2021
Before these words become as cheugy
as Regencycore or climate anxiety this
pingdemic opens a metaversal auction—
open only to the double-vaxxed for crypto
or cash—on an NFT of this poem penned
in mī (that’s mī neopronoun just coined)
hybrid working spaces hither and thither.
Author's Note: The top ten words of 2021 according to Collins: NFT, cheugy, climate anxiety, crypto, double-vaxxed, hybrid working, metaverse, neopronoun, pingdemic, Regencycore
James Penha edits The New Verse News. Twitter: @JamesPenha