slam poetry
Slam poetry: that magical mix of rhythm and rhyme.
beta carotene 1000%
asked me if i stopped eating so many carrots "no i have not" but they want me to stop -- why do you -- i just like carrots -- can't explain it -- it's part of my identity -- "but your skin is turning" -- i like it, i tell them -- you -- yes -- want to be ORANGE? -- i guess so -- you do -- i guess so? -- look at the inside of my palms -- "show us your palms" -- no -- "look they're orange!" -- they're bright orange jacked up i'm a jack-o-lantern overripe citrus even my driver's license photo i look oversaturated makes my clothes dull in comparison reason i dig tie-dye tee shirts neon leather pants anything that sparkles or shines or screams -- "or you could stop eating carrots" -- anything bright or unexpected or fuzzy or NOT -- why not? -- i...don't know -- you're an addict -- it's more like -- it's more like -- an identity -- and i mean they taste good -- you are what you eat -- beta carotene? is a vitamin -- i guess? -- is it healthy? -- are you okay? -- the doctors sit me down and say:
By becca shapiro5 years ago in Poets
