Sunday, January 30, 2022

J. Jennifer Espinoza



My first love was silence. I built myself from scratch

and no one listened.
This was the best time of my life.
I used to carry the clothes
to the laundry room
and pray for all the fog
in the world to surround me.
I’d let my thoughts 
catch rides
with passing airplanes.
All that womanhood
caught in the roof 
of my mouth
was like honey.
I knew it would never
go bad
so I never said a word 
         about it.

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