No Such Thing, por Melina Nelson | poemas, ensayos y cuentos en Poéticous

Melina Nelson

Melina Nelson

No Such Thing

Time Travel
2011

Drug eyes

I look

in the mirror

I’m hazy

with slanted eyes

I look

as if

I am

trying

to seduce

Those are just

my drug eyes

Staring back at me

They say,

“You actually

look familiar,

recognizable,

with

drug eyes”.

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