CPC Youth-Summer 2009
30th Anniversary
57 days
turmoil + revelation
disillusion + a clear blue sky
a newborn brown baby
love immediate
without conditions
rainstorm + heatwave
first pair of
apple bottom
jeans
the food line grows
doors close
Monday August 31
the Aloe
pushed itself out
the pot is too small
work
work
work
never ends
will stop
the door opens
I dream t holding
Marilyn's Monroe's face
telling her
everythings gonna
be alright
I dream t of
porcelain rabbits
6 feet tall
in disney ballgowns
ears erect
Ricky holds my face
and tells me
everythings gonna be
alright
I dream t of
giant bald eagles
flying
by my window
whoooosh...
Magda treats
mani cure pedi cure
she holds my feet
and tells me
everthings
gonna be alright
whoooosh...
there is a drunk man
in Denver
unemployed
mugged by 8
black men
the day before
she arrives
his fairy tale
I hold my
sisters hand
facing east
I sing to her
everthingsgonnabeallright
the door opens
Monday August 31
walking through
Mami is smiling
holding the baby
in front of the
christmas tree
singing
I know you are a
good girl
and everything
is
gonna
be
alright
