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my soot sprites
August 14, 2022
words are toothpaste
with the tube squeezed from the bottom up
and rolled up all nicely
words are Susuwatari - soot sprites
that eat pastel stars as a snack
snuggle up with you when you sleep &
leaves pawprints in your hair
I don’t dust my windowsill just so
they can be carried up my nose by dusk breeze
sneezed onto papers and pen
I carve words into wet cement
so when I turn back they can’t be changed
only cracked
words say
hello, welcome, and
join my journey
and words say
goodbye, that’s a nice stay,
I will see you again, next time
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Angelica Z. is a junior in high school in California, USA. She currently lives with her parents and their chihuahua.