Tuesday, June 9, 2009

More Poems from the Locomotion Sessions: Today I Want To Yell

Here's another poem written during one of the Locomotion sessions. I'd say it speaks for itself:

Today I Want To Yell

 

thinking of

my grandma

who

lives in

heaven.

She is

the biggest

star

in the sky.

I wish

she would

come

back to me

but

that's not

my grandma

that's just

the shell.

My grandma

is still

at home

playing

diamonds

drinking

her pop

and eating

crackers.

Every

night

before

I go to bed

I say

"I love you."

Just them

three words

and then

"don't let

the bed

bugs bite"

because

they

will.

 

Jasmine Johnson

Golightly Educational Center

3 comments:

  1. Jasmine has a future in poetry, doesn't she? The crackers and pop knocked me out--such an idiosyncratic detail. And the end is great, too.

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