ZACHARY FORREST Y SALAZAR
Zachary Forrest y Salazar is a software engineer, amateur photographer, and American poet. You can find him on Instagram @zdfs.poet and his photography @zd.fs. He grew up in the Midwest, where he studied poetry at Missouri State University under Marcus Cafagña and the late Michael Burns. He calls Santa Barbara, California, home.
Unseen—I live in grass,
for my father’s approval.
I live, like most sons do—
neck beneath the boot.
I’ve spent the last twenty years in the tech industry and honestly, I’m tired of having every aspect of life viewed through the lens of unregulated capitalism. Unregulated capitalism, the capitalism we have in America, asks you to turn a blind eye. It asks you to be ok with injustice. It asks you to believe in the system just enough to work until you’re dead. It says: if you don’t have any money, you don’t deserve to live.
March 31, 2024