{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/8-18-26","result":{"data":{"contentfulPost":{"title":"simulation sickness","body":{"json":{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"the heat index is hitting triple digits but your hands are ice,\npressing a cold can of generic seltzer against your temple.\nit's a rendering-error summer. the sky is the color of a blank browser tab,\nbleached out and heavy with the smell of scorched asphalt.\nyou’re wearing a thrifted graphic tee that reads ","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":"WISH YOU WERE HERE\n","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"in cracked, peeling vinyl, though neither of us is sure where ","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":"here","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":" actually is.\nwe listen to a podcast on 2x speed just to fill the quiet,\ntwo voices talking about the deep ocean like it's a place that still exists\noutside of a nature documentary.\n","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":"everything is beautiful and nothing hurts,","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":" Vonnegut promised,\nbut he never watched the streetlights blink on all at once,\na sudden grid of artificial amber pinning us to the pavement.\ni watch the condensation drip down your wrist, pooling in the crook of your elbow,\nand for a second, it feels like a physical law we didn't have to invent.\nwe stay until the air goes purple, waiting for a glitch in the horizon,\nwanting the sky to tear open just enough to show us the wires.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"}],"nodeType":"document"}},"author":"Anisha Arvind","type":"8-18-26","nextTitleAndAuthor":"\"This is Awkward\" by Jason Fraley","nextSlug":"/8-11-26","bio":{"json":{"nodeType":"document","data":{},"content":[{"nodeType":"paragraph","data":{},"content":[{"nodeType":"text","value":"Anisha Arvind is a poet based in Seattle, Washington. Her works have been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Hollins University, Aster Lit & HAD.","marks":[],"data":{}}]}]}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/8-18-26"}}}