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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

If you want to know me

I cannot apologize
For writing what I feel inside
If it is hard to read
It is harder to live
I will understand
If you need to turn away
If it hurts to look
If you want to know me
I will be here
Even the ugly parts of me

(2014)

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Mirror

Look in the mirror What is it you see? Hazel eyes above your Favorite black dress Looks clean and fresh
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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
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¿Te duele Cuándo piques tu dedo? No Lo hago por pura diversión Lo que duele
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Para compartir

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

Don’t talk down to me I am not a child! Even children Deserve respect
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Lonely

Antisocial tendencies Amplified by sickness I can people watch Yet I can’t people talk I am lonely
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Happiness

I cannot let you hold my happiness For your hand to caress or to drop It is not healthy It is not safe For your happiness to depend on an… I’m taking it back but no longer r…
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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Stability

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

Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly
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HEB

Well-intentioned stranger Eyeing me limp through HEB Why would you ask If I stepped on a nail? How do you know
The Sun of Texas

May sun is warm An old friend You have missed June sun Still smiles
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Waiting for the doctor

Clinical smells Polite strangers The only thing worse Than being here Is to not be able
Melting pot

I’m watching a woman in a bikini In great shape with a swollen bell… Play with her puppy named Gatsby A Hispanic family comes The little girl dips her feet in
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Healthcare

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



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