Poems for diabetics
(2015)
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
How do I Catch your interest? Once again I know You are bored with me
Hospitality To love a stranger It need not be much For one who has little Will appreciate it
La presión atrapada Busca por donde salir Tapo mi boca Se me sale por los ojos Tapo mis ojos
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
If I could draw a tree In all it’s complexity Would you be impressed? If I could draw a human face It would be but a trace
I enjoy his company Riding shotgun Conversation No one to overhear Our inside jokes
Dime ¿Qué es su lengua materna? Ni inglés Ni español Sus padres no hablan inglés
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
Pretty and dainty Rich girl feet Meant to be Beside the pool They don’t like to work
How can I write how I feel When what I feel is nothing? How can I tell you what I need, What is wrong? When what is wrong
Bags full of diapers Cars waiting in line Smell coming from the load Ashamed it was mine He noticed my insulin pump
Nothing makes people flee Like reading them poetry They value it in theory But please don’t make them read Surprise me with your verse
Beautiful legs The right shape and curve Olive color without the green That tans and doesn’t burn Until you see