Poems

My poems are fragments of memory, unspoken truths, and unexpected tenderness. Written under the weight of trauma and light of insight, they are not meant to fix, but to witness. May something in them meet you where words usually fail.

PINK ELEPHANTS

What delirium lingers there -

slightest of grins

planted on waxy red lips?

Poised in a corner chair,

jelly-roll thighs snugly crossed,

as ladies do

Pudgy pink toes gape

from slick sandals

of white patent leather

Dimpled knees protrude -

vulgar -

beneath ruffled taffeta

What business does the visage intend,

uninvited

in Mother's white-glove parlor?

Mother dusts by -

no notice or nod

of the Pink, who, tongue poking out

traffics disrespect

Eyes wide

I look to the Pink,

finger to pursed lips -

whispering:

shhhhhhsh

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Pink Elephants is my debut published poem, which I submitted to a poetry contest and secured second place wwwwaaaaayyyy back in the day!