Alternate Universes
I was supposed to be named AminaAfter a dream my mother had onceCalling out to me, Amina. I think about
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on misinterpretation
when you go to the emergency roomthey ask you to rate your pain on a scale of one to tenÂ
this side of paradise
Warped fingerprints on the same glassChocolate cake crumbs on the same plateWhile celestial eyes watch behind our shouldersHere it is,
Phantom Lines
Did you know thatWhen you draw Sharpie lines around an antThe ant can’t cross it?It’s so silly–The ant trapped by
Wiseness
It is said thatEvery day you get a little wiser. Every dayI get a little older, And I know more
is this graded on a bell curve?
I was right about cul-de-sacs. I was right about cul-de-sacs and the cold and time. I was right about the
Roach!
When they see you, they yell,Eek! A horrid roach!But I feel sort of bad becauseI wouldn’t like it much if
Flags
I existed, once.More a symbolThan factory-made cloth.A symbol of terrorismOr faithOr hopeWas decided for me more oftenThan not. Flags wave
When I Grow Up,
Teach, I wanna be like an old, sad, dog.I’ll lie back on the faded, sinking couchLet it swallow me up
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I remember you. We remember you.You used to come in every weekend with your mother and brother when you were