two pale
too pink
circles
do
not
touch
Archive for March, 2007
Posted in mine on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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your words grind like sand
as i feel goosebumps prickle
tickling my skin with fury
not for you
not for the words you speak
but for loss
for the emptiness
that i am left with when you go
when your eyes close
with your lips
you seal your words
you seal my fate
i feel that loss
of life
of a life i will never have
in your world
“every tool is a weapon if you hold it right”
Posted in not mine on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
poem: ‘my i.q.’ from Puddle Dive by Ani Difranco.
when i was four years old
they tried to test my i.q.
they showed me a picture
of 3 oranges and a pear
they said,
which one is different?
it does not belong
they taught me different is wrong
but when i was 13 years old
i woke up one morning
thighs covered in blood
like a war
like [...]
could have said…
Posted in mine on March 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
you can isolate me
because i have a voice
you can hate me
and hate my choice
but you must love him
and accept his decision
you should respect him
but he is met with derision
from HBO Def Poetry, Mark Gonzales
Posted in not mine on March 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
As with most men – Mark Gonzales
As with most men it is easier for me to give hugs than to accept them
Lest the truth be known that men
are nothing more than emotional sky-scrapers built with glass infrastructures spray painted the colour of steel and nick named strength
Strange isn’t it?
what walking contradictions are we called men
Men [...]
eff
Posted in mine on March 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
furious
femininity
feels
ferociously
fearful
for
freedom
[fullstop]
falling
forever
