(2014)
I’m watching a woman in a bikini In great shape with a swollen bell… Play with her puppy named Gatsby A Hispanic family comes The little girl dips her feet in
If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
My body is perfect —ly spotted The white spots I tell myself Are my Bambi spots
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
Uh-Oh! Cranky mood Throws a fit Over cereal Cheerios
Filler words Put me to sleep Added to cushion Take away my pillow Blunt words to wake up
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
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
You might know her As blonde eyes Or as the sister who bakes cookies But you see I don’t write this
I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand
Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
Escogí las palabras Más adecuadas Por lo que yo Quería decir Abrí la boca
Down to earth I am but of dust Dust particles I see floating in the air Carbon molecules