Beware, por Laura Alaniz | poemas, ensayos y cuentos en Poéticous

Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Beware

A family trait

Massage

Is our vice

No shame

Take what

We can get

Lined up

Begging

For handouts

Trading

If we must

Don’t wait

For us to say

You can stop

(2014)

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Preferido o celebrado por...

Robert Scott

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Antes lograba tanto Metía horas Sacando lo máximo De cada minuto No he cambiado

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The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose

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If I could make you smile

If I could make you smile Just once Sincerity From an appreciative heart It would make all of it worthwhile

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