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Adilene Aguilera

I am Palmer’s cocoa butter
Sitting beside my bathroom sink.
Feeling used, because the dry and the heartless only want me for one thing
Until I run out
Then they don’t care about me at all because they’re finished
Squeezing the life out of me.
To the trash I go because now I’m worthless.

I am the photos
scattered on top of my dresser.
Full of blissfully depressing memories.
(Like when we would spend day and night together
And you held me tight.
But now that’s impossible, night took you with it)
People who step into my room,
Glimpse at the pictures.
Stop and look at me.
Stare.
Smile
Nod.
Become ignorant to the hidden emotions I carry.
(I really do miss you, they just don’t know how big of an impact your failure had on me)

I am the lady across the street
Yelling at her daughter to get her butt inside.
I yell at her for many reasons
because she doesn’t listen.
Because she wants it her way.
Because she wants to be out all night.
Because she’s such a slut.
Because she took my man!
She’d be better off if she listened to me.
“You shouldn’t go with him, he isn’t good enough for you, you’re gonna end up lost”
I do want her to get lost.
I can’t stand her anyway.
But...
Am I the lost one?

I am the Pozole
My mother makes for Christmas.
I’m made once a year.
People are in love with me,
Only once a year.
I feel like I’m wanted.
Only once a year.
He would call me, and I loved it.
Though it seemed like it was only once a year.
He came to see me, but it seemed like,
Only once a year.

I am the one.
Who will call you a loser?
While giving you that lighthearted smack on the shoulder
Whenever you did something stupid
Silly.
Goofy.
Out of my norm
But don’t take it personal
I still love you.
Although you already knew that.
Just a refresher.
I love you!
As I told you in my dream over the phone, I am your wife,
The one you will always count on.
The one you can talk to.
The one who will appreciate your every
Action
Word
Thought.

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