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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Granola bar

I would never choose
To eat a granola bar
Or peanut butter crackers
Though I eat them
All of the time
Out of necessity
Carbs and calories
I can’t even enjoy
Swallow and choke
Ruined in my mind
By the association

(2014)

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Powerful words

I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
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If you want to know me

I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
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Floating above the surface

I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface
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How do you measure pain?

How do you measure pain? All is relative and personal Even with one’s own self It is impossible to compare As memory distorts pain
Bias

This world is covered in bias It’s all over you It’s all over me too This world is covered in bias It shades our words
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The ugliest shade of green

The ugliest shade Of green We envy The car The job
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Does the world need another book?

Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
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Mido en tazas

Antes lograba tanto Metía horas Sacando lo máximo De cada minuto No he cambiado
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Waiting for the doctor

Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
My skin

Itchy It has to come off Nerves Makes me pick His look
She listens

Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly
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Caught in the middle

Why can’t I choose to be somewhere in the middle? Surrounded by extremes Measure everything With a grain of salt
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Children

Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
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My soft spot

My soft spot My sweet boy I’d do anything for Who convinced me Little boys are the best
Lost child

Her fingernails Natural Long Pointed On fingers
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