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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Cheap clothes and lattes

I am a consumer
Female
Twenties
I buy
Cheap clothes and lattes
Will work hard to save a dime
To spend a dollar
On a whim
Fickle
Who changes her taste
I have picky ears
Figure me out
I dare you

(2014)

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Better or best?

If you find someone That can do it Better than you Get them on your team
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Hamster Wheel

Are you ever tired Of just being you? Did you ever Want to be Someone new?
Foreign Humor

A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
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Spanglish

I find richness In the mixture In what others disdain Young people lost Between two cultures
Rich girl feet

Pretty and dainty Rich girl feet Meant to be Beside the pool They don’t like to work
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Para compartir

Algunos me gusta compartir Calientitos Justo cuando salgan del horno Que no se enfríe Por eso lo escribí
Lonely

Antisocial tendencies Amplified by sickness I can people watch Yet I can’t people talk I am lonely
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If I must die

Water Beach pools and fountains Rivers creeks and waterfalls The sound The feel Floating Weightless
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How do you measure pain?

How do you measure pain? All is relative and personal Even with one’s own self It is impossible to compare As memory distorts pain
Female strength

Most women are cooks But a man who cooks Is a chef She cooks over and over To feed the masses
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Does the world need another book?

Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
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Powerful words

I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
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Children

Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
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HEB

Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
My sister's cookies

My sister’s cookies Chocolate chip Got my nephew to Say her name For the first time
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