When the clouds are impregnated
with infinite droplets of water,
delicate enough to bequeath upon you
a lifetime of experiences,
and so Herculean enough
to drown you away.
A curtain...
On the best most special kind of Friday afternoons
I’d sit in the velvety backseat of my father’s Buick,
a tangled bundle of excitement,
because it was...
I am from glorified rice and scalloped potatoes,
from floors washed on hands and knees, carpets
vacuumed stubby; from lemon wedges rubbed
in the armpits of old...
Safe came in a spiral notebook.
the tattoos left behind by lead
showed me the unfiltered girl I’d almost marooned,
buried in my labyrinth of words.
all along,...
we are suppressing ourselves
the women in my family have engraved
a distinct self hatred
into the lining of their skin
carved food rules into their bellies
depositing magic...
Her grandma called them panters
and declared they ran through the mountains.
The girl lay in bed under a patchwork quilt
in the loft of her grandma’s...
The moment our souls first connected,
I could feel the stars shattering
because I was too young to have found my soul sisters,
scattered among the streets...