The Sun of Texas, by Laura Alaniz | poems, essays, and short stories in Poeticous

Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

The Sun of Texas

May sun is warm

An old friend

You have missed

June sun

Still smiles

And promises more fun

July sun is hot

Burning down on

Sizzling meat

August sun

is a four letter word

Suffocating

Deadly

Slowly cooking you

Inside out

August sun

is a four letter word

Hot!

(2015)

Props to my Dad on this one. Drink water everybody!

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Manos fuertes No me sueltan De la cama Yo les digo Me tengo que ir

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

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Her fingernails Natural Long Pointed On fingers

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I am a consumer Female Twenties I buy Cheap clothes and lattes

Good secret Bubbles inside Let me out Bad secret Indigestion

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Why do we love sunsets? Distinguishing fascination What other species Must stop and stare A romantic couple

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The medication is not me But neither is the sickness it tre… You may hear its effects In my voice In my opinions

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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

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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

Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?

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Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms

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Would I rather be A younger me? More productive Stronger Would i have to give up

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