The human heart ...leaps and jumps ...races and sings ...sighs and groans The treacherous heart can
Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
Pretty and dainty Rich girl feet Meant to be Beside the pool They don’t like to work
Algunos me gusta compartir Calientitos Justo cuando salgan del horno Que no se enfríe Por eso lo escribí
Would I rather be A younger me? More productive Stronger Would i have to give up
¿Te fue mal el día? Me va mal también a mi Dos vidas entretejidas Irrevocablemente Te cargo a ti encima
Does it hurt? When you prick your finger No I do this just for fun Our fingers lose feeling
I need to tell you How to survive With our disposition It’s okay to cry Maybe
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
The E’s squeak by The I’s are too excited The U’s come after Q But the A’s and the O’s They flow
Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time
A palomino gallops Beside the highway Look out the window Rides over green hills Through yellow flowers
When I think of my mom I think of malt o meal muffins When I think of my dad Memories of a child Chasing us around the circle
Tomorrow Has not yet come It’s promises yet to be broken Tomorrow Is bigger