Author Archives: Jennifer Patino

         I have
          paper cuts
that spell out
          her name

mumbled
dream speak holds
influence

there’s so many
blowing whistles
you would think
someone would take heed

and I don’t need to be told,
I know, that there are shadows
that swathe you so tightly
you don’t come back the same

a fear of bathrooms because
every time one exits

there’s a cop standing there
to haul your unruliness away