Data Makes a Bad Map by Zachary Swezy




I am punching a man
in the face and explaining

that the world is more than
a series of data points,
that his map devalues me;

he understands
the spectacle of my violence

is changing our data points,
linking us, knowing
nothing beyond that.





Zachary Swezy’s work has appeared in HAD, Expat Press, Apocalypse Confidential, Spectra Poets, Bizarre Publishing House, and Michigan City Review of Books.