Poetry

Red Planet

and they say

that mars was once like earth

but now i see mars is earth

blackened red and barren

and once mars burned as we do now

and it’s always California 

the blazing state

the deadly scorching state

the Martian state

and people are fleeing

from cities, from homes 

from smoke and choke

and they say good for her

fighting back

but it’s futile

and within 30 years our planet will black and blue

all salt

and ash and embers

blue melting sea

and red, sizzling land, 

sinking, sinking, sinking

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Elegy for Loves Lost

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I was trying to remember where I was this time last year, and I realized, I was with you.

We went to bed in the window alcove
tried so hard to fall asleep, but couldn’t stop laughing.

And you kept waking up to tell me your dreams

I was so happy to have a you
that in that moment I was in love with you

and I was so happy

I thought this
is what it must feel like to love someone.

Thank god I didn’t kiss you.

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Anaphora for sleepless nights

We wish we didn't need sleep so we could talk all night

We want everything but only with each other

We are tired of fighting
We hear that a lot, but we are the ones who mean it

We got used to being in love, one crush after another, crushing

 until there was no more and then the silence was crushing.

Tricked ourselves into believing there was noise.

Confusing friendship for heart- racing love.

Confusing each other for something we’d eat

And we aren’t in love, but we can’t lose this.

We’ve lost and lost
We’ve lost the pang of nerves in our stomach
We Lost the giggles, the paranoia, of a crush
We lost each and every one. 

They've slipped into silence.

And if we lose each other I think we might lose it all

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Lice checks

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I will grow my hair in search of you

Part it to the scalp
Ask My mother to check for nits

But she won’t find you

Silly louse

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Self improvement

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I’ve grown my hair out for you

rinsed it with cold water

curled it
prettied up

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And in turn
you shave your head

and watch the clippings

stick in the drain

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Nix(ed)

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I am the thing I despised

just a louse on your head

trying to reach your mouth

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It’s time to end this I think

time to comb my roots

and hang up the phone