Terio Ruiz Poems

The way you tuck that toddler-sized
Stomach teasing tootsie pop in your mouth
Makes me think that you could take up
A gig in celebrity endorsement
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Cat burglar is she when she fits into
Those black leather bottoms
Her weight fits in her skin
Like two hydrogens and one oxygen fit into an ice tray
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Not willing to cry
Nor able to shout
Just sitting there
Looking into the golden horizon
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Jesus knows my heart
Yet He does not pull my boy by its collar
Pushing me to do this instead
My ears have nightmares about me saying
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If memory serves me right
An unfamiliar burn was catered to my heart
When she put one of her hands on my face
The dimples on her face’s two sides made her cheese
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She was born in 1945 and it was great
She put a tattoo called hope
On people around the world
This woman knows six languages very fluently
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The demon on you drips down to your toes

It causes your eyes to absorb all color
Your strength from it comes from
Warm water swishing in your belly and heart
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Don't matter how much bread you got
Or the quantity of brains stored in yo mental pot
They got the law and social security on they side
While we scared in the rollercoaster, they enjoy the ride
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