To a dying family member...

Jasmine

I.

fear is universal

i'll take it

fear is universal

i'll take mine and double it

so you can leave

and finally fall asleep

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II.

say hi to the wonder

say hi to the calmer

say hi to the creator

(say hi to your lovers from the clouds)

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III.

oh, my beautiful little baby

forever wrapped in my arms

this poem has no end

because neither do you

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IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

Giddy

I just got one of my poems published in Diminuendo, a literary magazine out of Loyola University in Chicago. I'm so psyched and happy that I took a risk by submitting my work. My poem will be in Issue 1...more details to follow. :)

Dedications

To a far-off beauty-seeker...

Voyager

Walk out
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.
.
I creamed the wall poetry,
deep throated the oven
until our breasts charred.
Fresh and dead! {you were always meant to be}
Sun came
and so did I
Walk out with me

(hasty)

Dare

Curled mouth

speak

this

phras
es
s

(he took out the trash)

The seeker has


sought

and her scribbled eyes...

does she dare a connection?

Con-
nec-
ted
by
mouth
words
from
brain
words
from
life
words
from
two
worlds
in
one
word
it's
pause.

Sway with blip.blip.

world stops.

silence.

To a prisoner...

DpUck.

Why the pucker,

little prisoner?

I pressed together

tiny wrinkles

when my chin was too long

and my stomach was too stout.

What is your excuse?

Kitch-en knives, course hair, a face with too many potholes.

Kill "too,"

Dead!

Describe.

Delight.

Deserve.

{Leave it to the lipsticked wolves to pull a girl apart}.