Parent-Fights

poem by: Q. Ramirez
Written on Apr 02, 2015 

Parent-Fights


Ca(canyou)n you
see how
                                                     base
wife-be[B&B
neigh(CRIB
)borhood barrio
]ating is?
                                                    I see
children cry
ing in yards
Their parents
fistfight
ing in streets
m(i)y remorse
sinks de(de
eepdeep)ep in 
M(i)y heart
as i begin
to re(want
to) mem (forget) ber
when i was
a child
cryingandwatching

 

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