Any Wonder I'm a Mess | Michael Montlack

Any Wonder I’m a Mess

Michael Montlack

Words Added to Webster’s Dictionary in 1970, My Birth Year:

antienvironmental / anxiety disorder / bad hair day / bummed /
Chapter 11 / China Syndrome / control freak / dorky / drop-dead /
guilt trip / head-in-the-sand / microaggression / nongay / nonrecyclable /
shambolic / space out / type A / what-if / wigged-out / yucky

Also Added That Year (Thankfully):

anti-sexist / bioethics / cognitive therapy / gene therapy / granola /
greener pastures / hot pants / lib / liberation theology / power up /
punk rock / radical chic / sleeping giant / safe space / spork /
superbad / toll-free / wish list / X-rated / zero-waste

Michael Montlack is author of two poetry collections and editor of the Lambda Finalist essay anthology My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them (University of Wisconsin Press). Recently, his poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, december, The Offing, Phoebe, Cincinnati Review, and Poet Lore. This year his poem won the Saints & Sinners Poetry Award (for LGBTQ writers). He lives in NYC.