1. Masque you buy clothes you never wear to impress people who don’t care you can’t speak in front of crowds you should get your head checkedyou have blisters on your heels from shoes that refuse to be broken inyou wear makeup to even out your tan certainly not to impress a manyour mirror reflection
1. Sentimental x Unsentimental The stars in the skies dripped into your eyes like the beautiful ones hold you when you’re done I’m in this for love, not procreation Fallen Angels, righteous sins raptured in this directionbaby it’s you, it’s always been youfrom the moment I breathed you in like a fogtripping in the dark
1. Where Do I Belong? all my life I straight tripped on who I was was I Filipino, was I American for 28 years I cannot assume either role I was never pigeonholed, but I never belongedmy accent is NorCal, born and bred my height is so misled I eat rice with my hands I
1. Kiss of Def Forever the Sickest this is how I see myself a little bit cynical always a miracle I learned early on depend on no one but yourself call it a front, call it a shield ain’t no one but me stepping out on the field life is but a dreambut loneliness is
1. Pomegranate Juice Sweet and sour. Puckered tongues and stained fingertips. I had a great line here, but I deleted it in revision. I tend to ramble, and I drop in images from things I’ve learned. And I’ve learned a lot. So much crime in the world today. Makes me want to hide under the
1. Flip the Script It had to look real. bruise had to be shaped just so. Lampshade swayed like Newton’s law, equal but opposite. It was the only heavy object within reach. Timed carefully. The neighbors weren’t here. They would see his car in the driveway. The wound would be temporary. Band-Aid. This house, a
1. Mrs. Bumblebee over cinnamon apple tea Technicolor pictures Galore she dreamed of her lover and so much more I was a starving artist oil streaked Carnations, Arms Reach I danced with peasants and ate with Kings the rustle of the quail song pounding against the Riverbed the Opera of the Nightingale to usher in
1. The Monster That Ate Time unfriendly fountain an ugly monster dances whilst watching the time 2. Hello World hello world, what are you doing on my front step guess it’s my turn to shine in the spotlight I don’t think I’m ready yet I still have things to do, here in my castle that
1. random dis connect have you ever found yourself talking but not understanding what you were saying like it was all on autopilot like your skin is not your skin your lips were not yours this is my life. 2. Dwelling on Eternity this is the last beginning I will not move forward from here
1. World Out There I know there’s a big world out there I’m just a girl with striped underwear I go to sleep every night creating lives I’ve never lived I talk myself down from the dullness of Life To comfort me with the idea that my brain is the only one to take my
