(2014)
A noisy restaurant Listen Focus Beyond the dishes The music
My body is perfect —ly spotted The white spots I tell myself Are my Bambi spots
Husband and wife Companions for life Mature love that deepens And mellows with time Life’s eroding winds
Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
To be genius means To not follow the rules You don’t have to I wish to be smart But not self-important
Strong hands Hold me down To the bed I say to them I have to go
Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
Dime ¿Qué es su lengua materna? Ni inglés Ni español Sus padres no hablan inglés
The more you treat me like a nag The more I become one I’m sorry if I micromanage Your clean clothes Your hot meals
I will be Forever in debt To my mother Any gift Would come up short
She is no longer Part of my life I’ve moved on My life is full With friends
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
Pragmatic me Doesn’t like this girl You can’t depend on her Too complex to understand She cries at the worst times
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
La presión atrapada Busca por donde salir Tapo mi boca Se me sale por los ojos Tapo mis ojos
