I Am One
I am one with my body
feeling mother earth flowing through me
I am one with the earth & sun
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Category Poetry
Sumthin
She used to get a kind of
crazy look in her eyes when I dolled up with
burgundy lipstick, chunky black boots
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A Piece for the Editor
My voice
seeks no judgment,
needs no validation,
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I Forget
I used to think
pretend I could
open my legs without
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Naming It
I tell you
I love the two creases where your arm meets your shoulder,
the sharp angle of your hipbone,
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The Rain
Come over
let’s go out and play in the rain
we’ll put on our old sneakers
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Getting Bigger
Growing Taller
than New York’s Empire
Getting Bigger
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Small
I feel small.
I could tuck my
self away into
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Awakening
rising full height shoulders
back
head high
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(It’s Over Now) Grandfather That Was
It’s over now
grandfather that was
I did not weep
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Walking By
Fucked and fucked-up people
segregated to
corners of the city,
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Eight Hour Drive
In an eight-hour drive
or a one-hour flight
You could be herein my arms
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