I took a creative writing class in 2006 .. below are the poems I wrote for the topics of a memory, a list of words, and an object.
Vesta Sue
each breath a broken struggle
holding tight
hungry for the end of a long life lived
what are you waiting for?
we’re all here now
so sad to see you go
we love you
I love you
I love you
exhale.
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Oral Surgery
after the pinch of the needle
I hear a soft voice coming from a cave
at the bottom of a jagged cliff
an emaciated african girl
holding a small wooden bowl
filled with blackberries
she eats them by the handful.
she looks at me and smiles.
blue-black teeth and starry eyes welcome me to my dream.
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American Ecstasy
tiny folds at the end of each link
a Ball Park’s belly button
salty, meatish
who cares what’s in it
ten in a package
eight buns per bag
I eat the extras raw
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