God I Feel Modern Tonight

<b>Poems of heartbreak and sex self-care and self-critique urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation.</b><br> <b> </b><br>In these short captivating lyrics Catherine Cohen the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots and who has been posting poignant unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing details her life on the prowl with her beaded bag; she ponders guys who call you dude after sex true love during the pandemic and English-major dreams. I wish I were smart instead of on my phone Cat Cohen confides; heartbreak / when it comes and it will come / is always new. A Dorothy Parker for our time a Starbucks philosophe with no primary-care doctor she&#146;s a welcome new breed of everywoman--a larger-than-life best friend who will say all the outrageous things we think but never say out loud ourselves.<br><br>in L.A. we got naked and swam in the ocean<br>we ate cured meats and carrots<br>&amp; sat in the back of a red pickup truck<br>like we were in a film where two old friends fight<br>&amp; wrestle their way into a hug<br>heave-sobbing as the dust settles<br>I want to be famous for being the first person<br>who never feels bad again