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fighter
I've never been much of a fighter.
I take hits like glass takes baseballs
like fire takes to rain.
Glass breaks and fire goes out.
I've never been much of a fighter.
A retaliator, resister
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Living Situations
My friend's home is beautiful.
It's got green walls with flowers all over. The floor is soft and plush. It's warm but only in summer, and it's too cold in winter. But my friend likes it just fine.
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selective silence
There's a wasteland in my throat,
a desert of ice and snow
frozen over and stealing the sound,
cushioning it in its soft blows
of white cotton clouds.
Shut down the vocality of my vice
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'this'
Resist.
Intransitive verb: to exert force in opposition
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A Broken Mirror
It was a moment, as fleeting as the click of a heel on wood.
It was like looking in a mirror. If the mirror was distorted and cruel in nature.
Loves
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Vulnerable
At school
we're doing a poetry unit.
"Oh cool, we write poetry all the time!"
My friend says.
What we didn't realize, though,
was that the teacher turned on the tap
to our inner selves
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I'll try.
I have never been a poet,
But for you I will try.
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Technically...
Technically, I’m an immigrant;
I wasn't born here.
Technically, I’m too young,
just shy of a year.
Technically, I’m inexperienced,
barely know the rudiments.
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A tribute to my favorite poem
Based on the poem "This is just to say" by William Carlos Williams.
I have drunk
the tea
that was on
the counter
and which
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A Yellow Violet
Her name was Violet,
but she always wore yellow.
I spied her from across the room as I hesitated in the sun-framed doorway, and she was beautiful.
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"The Only Thing to Fear is Fear Itself"
I’m scared I’ll keep on standing at a grave
of someone who isn’t dead.
That i’ll miss you forever
even when I know you won't,