Inscape 04 FINAL - Pasadena City College
Inscape 04 FINAL - Pasadena City College
Inscape 04 FINAL - Pasadena City College
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S TEPHANIE B REWER<br />
Things Fly Around My Head<br />
Sometimes<br />
Anxious is like noxious, but different somehow<br />
The bloody birds are within earshot<br />
I must whisper as not to offend their plumage<br />
They aren’t afraid of my different somehow<br />
Breadcrumbs on concrete pass the time<br />
Before execution<br />
Their sharp metal beaks assure me of my inadequacy<br />
But I shrug them off<br />
They are only birds, right?<br />
My tongue is so far in cheek that I can taste<br />
my own disappointment<br />
I must build a nest, they told me<br />
But I shrug them off<br />
They are only birds, right?<br />
B EAN<br />
i threw my head into the fireplace<br />
the mattress exploded<br />
birds invaded through the window<br />
they picked at my scalp<br />
and tongue<br />
I Guess<br />
the birds were<br />
communists<br />
small and white<br />
a few caught on fire<br />
my pajamas itched<br />
and i threw some rice<br />
at the<br />
dustbunny newlyweds<br />
the bride was crying<br />
and she stuck<br />
to my sock<br />
D AVID M ENDOZA<br />
Our Ford and Savior<br />
In Los Angeles<br />
you are not complete<br />
not whole<br />
not really real<br />
unconsidered<br />
forgotten<br />
laughable<br />
pitied<br />
humored<br />
poor<br />
if you don’t have a car<br />
took detroit to one up the lord<br />
the combustion engine<br />
is the organ that god forgot<br />
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