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Poem Version: All seasonsAll colorsAll sights for eyes to seeAll soundsAnd all smells tooAll for a heart to melt overAll to see your faceOh SummerMy cousin has come to me fallingNow I wish it wasn’t meWasn’t my turnYou know me …
ONE She was the center of the universe But only for an instant And then She died away. As she lay there sleeping, The stars zoomed past And she was no more, But one With all that is. UNGROUNDED Let us swimLet …
What, off-white existence.Quiet, until a stabbing Marks us red (& the unlucky deadHave nowhere to go — Messiahs are word of mouth, Afterlife out of the question)We live lives proofed by resistance;To be is to refuse their willingTo mark myself with that, familiar …
The peak of pink, she wears lilac spring chic. With morning skin, she bathes in Sun’s fresh gaze. The fog, viscous, a rising nest for sheep, lay heavy and deep like youth’s guileless haze. Iridescent light’s purple hum is sung …
Skinny Frail, eager for satisfying hunger but lost without past companyStarved of the warmth of their mother’s arms, or the kisses of their friend’s puppyBurned out by the ashes of their brain’s tantrums, they curl into a ball of peak …
I stood alone As you walked away. I should’ve known That it would end this way. A creak in the bone From between my vertebrate…Your necklace: a millstone. It aches me to say That I can’t let you in. Enraged, I abandon To the cold outside. The snow that I …
Laundry List, a monologue CHARACTER: NANCY. 30’s. HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER SCENE SETTING: The kitchen of a family home. It is clean from regular maintenance, but has not had a thorough “spring cleaning” in some time. AT RISE: NANCY is at the sink, …
Family Totem by Salome Carrasco, PPCC student This body of work is inspired by my love of birds and curiosity about my Amerindian ancestry. Being removed from the language and traditions of my ancestors brings me deep sadness and feelings …
