M.I. Devine

Everyone says I look like Brad Pitt

When I get down on my knees with my kids

And put up my dukes and scream real loud, “Hit

Me! Hit me! HIT ME!” just like Brad Pitt did 

In The Tree of Life, where he does what he can,

’50s made man, though one son doesn’t make it, 

And the other one turns into Sean Penn.

Nothing’s so fragile that we won’t break it,

And God, Penn looks awful, like, What film am I in?

You know that feeling? Jessica Chastain,

Meanwhile, Pitt’s wife, floats–floats–off of the ground.

Earth angel. Cars like boats just bob around.

You say life ends at death like that is it.

Everyone else says I look like Brad Pitt.

M.I. Devine is the author of Warhol's Mother's Pantry, winner of the Gournay prize. He is co-founder of the avant-pop project Famous Letter Writer, which releases DADAMAMA in 2025-2026. His poetry has appeared recently in Literary Matters and Nimrod International Journal, and a selection from a new memoir project will soon appear in Image. (www.midevine.com)