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"What is life? It is the little shadow that runs across the
grass and loses itself in the sunset." ~ Blackfoot Quote
Weekends
at Gram Bessie’s
below Wing Grade
where Sweetwater Creek
Through the rolling waves of time,
The core of existence has never altered nor refined.
Starting with the first faint memories of a family dinner:
White jasmine rice with a selected number of simple side dishes.
At age 12 I started my period.
I was told “welcome to womanhood”.
At age 14 I worked at a pizza place.
A 50 year old man came in and asked if he could order me.
Match strikes box
Friction becomes flame
Slowly, steadily
The hand stretches to reach its goal.
1920s, New York
A young woman,
Because I love you
I whisper prayers
To the smoke as it rises
To the Heavens,
To you.
Because I love you
I place this tobacco
Upon the wet earth
And ask that it give
Some sign
Step one is to think statistically To believe that you are different and unable Boy, You are not superhumanYou are neither Jesus nor Michael Phelps, so don’t you dare swim More than fifteen meters in
"Hearts entangled, between the sheets
Sheets of musical score as if no goalie we freely proceed to create
Passing passions participating in the same games
Right place, right times,
We collide.
in white she was to be in
in a different place
eighteen of the ninth
month it was to be
white as an angel she was
having papers of white
time took its time
Beyond the shadowy, pitch-black night,
A new morning's beacon begins to ignite,
Now dawns a day in which you will see,
The people's will has set them free.
For all I want to give this nation,
The white sandy beaches crash against the waves as if battling for the territory of land.
The birds fly through the air sending signals of impending danger
to their nearby relatives.
Do you remember the Mona Lisa smile?
An “advanced” woman shooting for her own.
Regardless of living husbandless and alone.
Do you remember the Mona Lisa smile?
Where is it was alright to pick up the phone and dial
I have a pair of shoes; they are my favorite pair.
They are comfy on my feet, and go with me everywhere!
They go with me to church; they go with me to school.
They get lots of complements; people say your shoes how cool!
Every other summer we travel to Michigan
The landscape's so open and calm
The beauty of the tall hills of sand
The beauty of the freshwater lake
