(2015)
Props to my Dad on this one. Drink water everybody!
Que te cuentan un chiste Las palabras se traducen Pero el humor no se puede Por si no lo entiendes Ríete
I am a consumer Female Twenties I buy Cheap clothes and lattes
Does it hurt? When you prick your finger No I do this just for fun Our fingers lose feeling
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
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose
The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
When I think of my mom I think of malt o meal muffins When I think of my dad Memories of a child Chasing us around the circle
We Are me and you Together Two hearts Two minds
Why can’t I choose to be somewhere in the middle? Surrounded by extremes Measure everything With a grain of salt
By nature high-strung But I thought I was strong If not physically, emotionally For things to roll off my back Be mature and take the high road
If food is poetry The flavors The smells Singing in harmony Is poetry food?
If I could make you smile Just once Sincerity From an appreciative heart It would make all of it worthwhile
To be a true artist Must they be recluses Crazy mad or sick Or even better dead Show me a healthy artist