my grandmother washed her skin in olive oil
and ate whole cloves of garlic
and let me play with her good china
and had Rodgers and Hammerstein
fill the room with music
for play time every day
as my tiny lungs filled with her air
and my tiny heart filled with my blood
Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16, 2014 at 3:45 AM UTC
my grandmother washed her skin in olive oil
and ate whole cloves of garlic
and let me play with her good china
and had Rodgers and Hammerstein
fill the room with music
for play time every day
as my tiny lungs filled with her air
and my tiny heart filled with my blood
music
transferred from my poetry blog on tumblr, heburiesme.tumblr.com
