* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
Remember When we ended It all —for a weekend— & how
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot