(2014)
Algunos me gusta compartir Calientitos Justo cuando salgan del horno Que no se enfríe Por eso lo escribí
I had it all In my head And then I said Words I do not know which ones
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
The ugliest shade Of green We envy The car The job
I can feel it coming Decisions I can’t make Brain starts to freeze Fingers won’t work Sick of this disease
If I could paint a man Eyes so dark they shine Brooding and stormy Til the smile breaks through If I could paint a man
Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
¿Te duele Cuándo piques tu dedo? No Lo hago por pura diversión Lo que duele
La presión atrapada Busca por donde salir Tapo mi boca Se me sale por los ojos Tapo mis ojos
I spend all my time Fighting with you In my head If we fought At least it would be
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
When we are young we strive to be cool with our clothes and the way we move and our friends with swag as adults though our friends be co…
A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters
It’s not pretty When I cry People get almost as embarrassed as I
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition