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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Guilt trip

The passive-aggressive
Guilt trip
Is a weak tool
For your purpose
The sensitive
Broken-hearted
Are pushed even lower
While the
Unrepentant
Take no notice
Dismiss it
Before it reaches them
The guilt trip
Does not work
It only trips me

(2015)

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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
Healthcare

Apathy and incompetence In healthcare A fax they didn’t send Prescriptions delayed Labs to do again
Granola bar

I would never choose To eat a granola bar Or peanut butter crackers Though I eat them All of the time
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I am unique

I am unique In so many ways But while variety excites What we look for Is our common thread
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Restless

Restless As I lay in bed Trying to fall asleep These are my clues I might be low
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Poetic flavors

If food is poetry The flavors The smells Singing in harmony Is poetry food?
Miss America

If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
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The artist among us

To be a true artist Must they be recluses Crazy mad or sick Or even better dead Show me a healthy artist
Move me

Inspirational quotes Are full of crap Whatever meaning Is lost In the sea
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Si me quieres conocer

No pido disculpas Por escribir Lo que siento Lo que llevo adentro Lo que vivo
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Humor Perdido

Que te cuentan un chiste Las palabras se traducen Pero el humor no se puede Por si no lo entiendes Ríete
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Strings attached

The strings that attach me To this world Ground me Yes they sometimes Keep me from flying
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I want you

How do I Catch your interest? Once again I know You are bored with me
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You are loved

Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?
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Stability

I crave stability Neither wandering spirit Nor home-body Yes I’d love to travel But the foundation



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