Jackie Chou

Seductress

I'm a seductress
I suck you like a vacuum
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My beauty is eyes that require thick spectacles
My beauty is full cheeks like a gibbous moon
My beauty is the B that never made it to A
My beauty is a name on the list of those
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I miss the sinuous curves
of our words-
the way our blue ink
pitter-pattered
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silenced

nice is not necessarily a good thing
it is an insult
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Give Heart

Is it a crime, to lack the ability to rhyme?
Should we shun, those whose words fail to stun?
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I commend you
for writing poetry
for writing good poetry
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Look between stacked stones
Inside the holes of tree shadows
The stones may become a stairway
The holes openings
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Remove the grin on your face,
you creature of the night!

Your smile is ghastly,
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I say 'yes'
because it feels smooth on my tongue
when I utter it
I like the way its vowel sound
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You walk with storm in your gait
whenever you pass by

Like windswept leaves
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I Statement

When you suffer, you become this crooked thing
my itchy fingers want to straighten, to fix
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It crumples the heart
tosses it into the bin
like a failed song
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Why her? He said
when hearing of my successes

Why me?
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He's raven-haired,
burgundy-skinned-

the epitome
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It's time for me to free myself from your cruel grasp
I'm ready to cut you off
Like a toxic friend I've outgrown
I remember when we were inseparable
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First, discard anything and everything
that designates you as a regular person.

That means no ordering pizza,
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I lied
in an old poem I wrote
when I was twenty-one
that I was OK
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My Love Why Aren't You Glad
(inspired by Wanda Coleman 'Wanda Why Aren't You Dead')

My love, why are you so sad?
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I'd like to write a poem
A sad, sad poem
Pour my sorrow into the page
like blood from a wound
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(Inspired by Olivia Vella)

1. High School
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