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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Stability

I crave stability
Neither wandering spirit
Nor home-body
Yes I’d love to travel
But the foundation
Must be built
First
Routine keeps me going
Through ups and downs
Of life
Adapting for change
Without breaking
The core

(2014)

Autres oeuvres par Laura Alaniz...
Waiting for the doctor

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

My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
Eve's curse

Desperate for his attention Knowing it will drive him away Jealous of a game - how lame Choking self-esteem where I lay Desperate for his affection
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
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Poetic flavors

If food is poetry The flavors The smells Singing in harmony Is poetry food?
Strong hands

Strong hands Hold me down To the bed I say to them I have to go
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A1C

I look away Afraid to see Flicker of nerves In their eye A clench
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Bias

This world is covered in bias It’s all over you It’s all over me too This world is covered in bias It shades our words
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Does the world need another book?

Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
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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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Blunt words

Filler words Put me to sleep Added to cushion Take away my pillow Blunt words to wake up
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This isn't me

The medication is not me But neither is the sickness it tre… You may hear its effects In my voice In my opinions
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Foreign Humor

A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
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That crazy driver in front of you

Traffic Irritation becomes a nightmare As the lines start to squiggle Bending in and out And the world starts its attack
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Forever in Debt

I will be Forever in debt To my mother Any gift Would come up short



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