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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Bionic Woman

My pump
Constant companion
Of my disease
My sensor
Resembles a feeding
Bed bug
I love you
I hate you
I fight with you
Every day
Bells and alarms
I hear in my dreams
Everyone says
It makes life easier
How is this easy?
I chose you
Not for convenience
But because
Numbers don’t lie

(2014)

#1Diabetes #InsulinPumpType

Other works by Laura Alaniz...
Yoga pants and flip flops

You must commit To an outfit Where are you going? In sporty yoga pants Athletic top
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Proposal

My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
Emotionally bankrupt

Have you ever felt A hole inside of you Something dead inside Where your heart Is supposed to be?
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Love is in the details

Ask any female Love Is in the details I love you Three greatest words
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I am alive

The human heart ...leaps and jumps ...races and sings ...sighs and groans The treacherous heart can
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Little toddler

If I could draw a tree In all it’s complexity Would you be impressed? If I could draw a human face It would be but a trace
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Para compartir

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

I am stronger Than you think I am I am weaker Than I look
The Mythterious Disease: Diabetes

I don’t expect Diabetes education For the public But chances are You know one
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Genius

To be genius means To not follow the rules You don’t have to I wish to be smart But not self-important
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Itus & Itis

Itus and Itis Crashed my party I didn’t invite them! I whisper to my sister They make my skin crawl
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Cream of celery soup

When I think of my mom I think of malt o meal muffins When I think of my dad Memories of a child Chasing us around the circle
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Chills & Thrills

I do not enjoy roller coasters I am not chicken But they say You just have to try it! So I do
My soft spot

My soft spot My sweet boy I’d do anything for Who convinced me Little boys are the best
If I wasn't there

What if one day I wasn’t there for you? And you were left needing me If I wasn’t there When you woke up
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