Q. Snellings

Los Niņos

They keep asking for chicle
They even want the one
I’ve chewed
 
One of the girls
Goes on the monkey bars
For ten whole minutes
I hold her naked feet
 
Maria asks to take a photo
She misses my face and only gets
My chest
Which holds a
Heart
That never saw
Such
Joy





[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2011 EDITION]


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