Pop Punk Therapy (Kristen’s Version) by Kristen Rosasco

One Poem Only · Sep 9, 2025 · 5m

Pop Punk Therapy (Kristen’s Version) Kristen Rosasco I. THIRTY, FLIRTY, AND DEEPLY UNWELLThey told me thirty would feel likefreedom—like a crisp Chardonnay in an overpriced glass,like a mortgage,like knees that don’t audibly crackwhen you squat down to pick up the crumbsof your twenty-something mistakes.But I’m here in my room—a room that is covered in crumbs even though there is a strict no food upstairs rule,A room that eerily resembles my teenage bedroom that thankfully still only lives in my memoryWell, sort of… *gestures vaguely*I’m still having a mental breakdown in my underwearMascara…