poem for my big sister
it’s the time of
the year
I could follow you around,
find you
by peel, (by following your sweet smell)
grape cluster scaffoldings peach pits left on windowsills
a trail of cherry pits
the glove of a banana left on your dash,
an apple core
left in the
ash tray
old kitchen
Wednesday
while cleaning out
the right- hand
cupboard
in mom’s kitchen
the cloves & curry
spill
on the floor
making the room
smell Medieval
Tea-Bag Message
cleanliness is
next to
Godliness
says
the little square
attached to
my teabag
I clean my kitchen and feel Godly
but when I go back
to make
my bed
and smell him
on my sheets
I choose to be human
Bionote
My poems have appeared in BURNING GRAPE, BICYCLE REVIEW, HAIGHT-ASHBURY LITERARY JOURNAL, LILLIPUT REVIEW, BLUE FIFTH REVIEW, POETRY QUARTERLY, RED FEZ, among others. I've had poems published in anthologies, UNDER COVER, SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS, and an upcoming feminist anthology, RETURN TO MAGO. My chapbook, LA BRIZNA, was published in May 2014.