Short So Close You Can Taste It Poems

Combine chicken and yogurt; garlic, 
ginger, turmeric, cayenne. Saute mint 
and mustard-seed till aromatic and seeds 
begin to pop. This from memory, 
the cookbook’s lost. You have to intuit 
quantities, and what to slice, mince, 
chop, or dice. Serve on basmati rice 
with cilantro and condiments of choice. 
Inhale, close your eyes, taste India....

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She lives in a bubble
break it youre in trouble
She lives in denial
walks around with a smile
Shut from real life
try to break it with a knife
you can try if you may 
but you know what she'll say
Deny what is true
Avoid the right thing to do.
Right in front of your face
Its so close you can taste.
I wonder how it came to be
how she is not free...

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I am the wingless moth; writhing helplessly towards that dim porch light… 


I am the thunderstorm, so close you can taste the moisture; only to pass the parched land without a single raindrop…


I am the infant rabbit being tormented by the cat as the children scream in terror. I am underestimated, discounted, and thought of as inept at every turn... 


I am an afterthought if even a thought at all… I am that realization that hits you years later... I am......

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