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Bailar
April 5, 2014
She dances.
Ribbons of a tissue dress
Wiping the floor with cherry red
Mama’s handmade fuego
Stitches of tender passion
“Baila, Baila mijita”
Hips mercilessly tearing through linings
Of buttery guitar strings
And an inky bun to match
Can’t stop- she’s boarding the dream train
She runs head first into
A ferocious junkyard of gray dreams
Where a congregation of menacing mice
Threaten to intrude with tiny bites of failure
Even then, “Si, se puede”
She heeds the sound of fiery salsa
Even when exhaustion hammers
Its desperate nails
And feet lose their direction
This is willpower, this is strength.
© Mary A., Fullerton, CA
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angelpeach23 SILVER said...
on Apr. 29 2014 at 12:12 am
hahaha yeah I'm a girl xD I guess Chace Crawford as my profile picture makes things kind of confusing
Love2Read72 PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 28 2014 at 8:55 am
I like how you included Spanish phrases. I like the first stanza with the description of the dress.
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