Jonesing

Jonesing

Now that
my eyes are purple
from reflecting on poetry,
I will
smoke a cigarette
and ponder
the ironies of life
and how
a little girl
grows up
to write
more profoundly
than her mother...

Jungle Love

Jungle Love

Alligator in the kitchen,
zebra in the bathroom,
Fisher Price animals
overtaking my house...
As I watch
my little monkey boy
eat a banana
for breakfast,
tropical heat
constricts my heart,
like vines
that will never let go...