I. you are the waves of the ocean – of my home duplicitous you are captivating surface the undertow pulls me the salty smell of the ocean […]
Hot, searing, boiling heat, the touch of your fingertips on my skin leaving me with burns marks forever etched into my being marks that feel so visible […]
Cotton slides against skin as the safety melts off Revealing lonely, true, haunted It’s cold and bare against this wicked world Always wanting to touch But never […]
I am Mother Earth and Mother Earth is me We nourish each other When she yearns I provide and when I yearn she comforts Holds me close […]
Parasites burrow in the fibers of the carpet in which I lay my rotting head. Make their way through the caving tunnels once full of electricity. They […]
Your tongue My skin Will you cut Deeply My sinewy flesh Sword piercing Or Will you heal The lingering pain […]
Duende or tener duende (“to have duende”) is a Spanish term for a heightened state of emotion, expression and authenticity, often connected with flamenco. The Spanish poet […]
What an important rite of passage in a woman’s life— the refusal to serve as a man’s escape from his current shitty relationship.
Heavy and loud, the elephant in the room laughs at us. Your presence is never expecting anything from the unexpected. Your presence is middle school—calling […]
A man once tried to sell me his jewels. Priceless family heirlooms he claimed and insisted that I at least try them on. But I politely declined […]
de esta manera /this way pero ahora admiro /but I now admire cómo siempre he sido /how I have always been capaz de conseguir /able to achieve abundantes pelos exquisitos /thick luscious […]
que desde ya /that from now on veranearé /I will spend my summers haciendo todo lo que quiera /doing whatever I want y rehusando de calentarme /hot and unbothered por el […]
I. Satiated I have been reaching Digging and dredging Hunting and gathering My hands are empty My head is full My body aches My heart pounds faster, […]
When I say I want to be the sky to you I don’t mean look how big I am not because I don’t want to be looked […]
Can you feel it? The incredible kiss of death Whose lips welcome us like a portal To new worlds. Were they the lips of an angel Or […]
Into this skin I was born, broken I became. I am not clay. Should I now beg to be accepted or present myself to the world for […]
It is cold even in the summer. Men with iron pressed shirts debating centuries old parchment paper. Eight dollars for a plastic tube. How can that be […]
Smile, love, it makes you look so pretty. What good will it do for you to writhe in self-pity? You can’t avoid this place, you can’t avoid […]
In the imagination, there would be a sort of pride in ripping someone’s heart out. The villains would take joy in what they have done to the […]
13 years In an instant, as if the flame was extinguished My entire existence, washed away in the sudden swell Wiped out with no remorse, no hesitation […]
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