(2015)
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
Apathy and incompetence In healthcare A fax they didn’t send Prescriptions delayed Labs to do again
Are you ever tired Of just being you? Did you ever Want to be Someone new?
Desperate for his attention Knowing it will drive him away Jealous of a game - how lame Choking self-esteem where I lay Desperate for his affection
If food is poetry The flavors The smells Singing in harmony Is poetry food?
To be genius means To not follow the rules You don’t have to I wish to be smart But not self-important
If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
Beside you I am At peace Our love A connection
No hay nada más sincero Que un regalo Inesperado Una carta Un chocolate
The pressure inside Is building It comes out through my eyes I stop up the tears It comes out through my nose
Your enthusiasm exhausts me This coke is flat The bubbles disperse Leaving a sticky and sweet Aftertaste
I am a consumer Female Twenties I buy Cheap clothes and lattes
Have you ever felt A hole inside of you Something dead inside Where your heart Is supposed to be?
My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
I had it all In my head And then I said Words I do not know which ones
