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A girl
with blonde hair and small hands stood behind a stone column as I stood
slightly off the curb of my elementary sch..
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The Moon
In eighthgrade, my mother read my journal. She found out that my boyfriend,
Andres, had snuck over to our house a few d..
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There
is sand on the kitchen floor and pasta sauce that has been left overnight on
stacked plates. I look over at him and he’s looking over at..
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She is yellow.When her fingertips roll down my cheek, tracing the path of tears and smiles,she leaves gold behind.She tells me she loves me,her eye..
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A response piece to Aditi Rao's Not Being A Man, I Bleed Like This
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He’s beautiful --
and not because his
skin is sewn with threaded
sun or because his eyes answer
what I neve..
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touch yourself
love yourself first
do not let someone
roll their fingers
down your spine
spinning threads
of..
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I am not soft petals
with lilac perfume
and yellow words.I am not caramel
skin that dips slowly
and rolls like warm
chocolate in and
under pal..
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No matter the number of apologies,
no small word can erase the feel
of dirt beneath my knees,
clutching the torso of the closest being,
pushing te..
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I hope rain falls on
you
I hope thunder shakes
your stem
and mud splatters on
your petals
I hope weeds weave
a..
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