“Harnessing Hyperdiction: Exploring Community and Attitudes in Fatimah Asghar’s ‘Pluto Shits on the Universe’ and Tommy Pico’s ‘IRL’”

Choose one of the assigned poems—Fatimah Asghar’s “Pluto Shits on the Universe” or the excerpt from Tommy Pico’s “IRL”—and discuss how it employs Joyelle McSweeney’s idea of “hyperdiction.” Be sure to specify the community or communities you believe the “hyperdiction” is drawn from and how the “hyperdiction” conveys the speaker’s attitudes towards this community (or these commiunities).

A Poem by Tommy Pico