The Visionary
He said there’d be a bar
He saw the glittering glasses, the single malt whiskey bottles
He probably heard the guests’ laughter
We looked around the room
Instrucciones para un recién nacido
Has llegado de lejos
pequeña criatura entrañable
hay fresas y colibríes
Este es un lugar hermoso
Mo’ther (mudh-), n. A female parent.
My mother was neither cradle nor lap
She was a sword, an arrow, an argument
Beautiful, sharp, and feline
Neither refuge nor anchor, my mother was a battle
Madre, f. Mujer que ha concebido o ha parido uno o más hijos.
Mi madre no era un arrullo ni un regazo
Era un sable, una saeta, un argumento
Bella, aguda, felina
Preferiría ser árbol
Observo impotente el dolor, la violencia, la muerte
Y me digo que preferiría ser árbol
Grief, you treasonable thing
A brie aux truffes set the disturbance in motion
A home called Trudi
Money, power, titles, aesthetics, social class, or eloquence, never impressed her
Dogs live too short a life
A dogbituary
The Therapist
It would be a voyage, she said
The destination: a more genuine, examined, less fragmented, version of myself
Beyondness
Where does the mind disappear to when bad news strikes us?
Instructions for the newborn child
Crush lavender seeds in your fingers, and then, eyes closed, take a deep breath into your hands
The truth I hold between your legs
You press your warm body onto me
I am still half asleep
My body too desires you, but not yet
Note to Self
You will keep forgetting what day of the week it is.
But you will rejoice with the warmth of spring sunshine on your face
Déjame decírtelo en vida
Yo, potra zaina, tan amante de mi libertad como del encierro de tu abrazo
Corrientes subcutáneas
Con cada inhalación me vuelvo más agua, menos carne, menos hueso
My sister’s name is Complicity
When I’m by her side, I slip back into my 7-year old me
Melba, the weaver
Melba became a pampered toddler; mothered by plenty, mothered by none
Cocofina of the World
I remember Cocofina of the world
Her back turned to the bedroom’s window
Eyes shut, chin up, taking deep breaths
