Emmy Dominguez

less of a poet

you may think

i am full of 

rotten poetry,

not the feel good 

kind of poetry,

just rot in poetry 

when you

stop reading,

my words shoot

to kill when you

stop listening,

all my self

devotion turns

violent – i’ve

polished my

anger to be 

glaring enough to

make it hard for 

you to ignore

because i know you’d rather

read shit about

flowers and purity

and dreams of

tomorrow

yet

i am here now–

i’ve got my teeth in you,

let this poem

rot 

in your stomach.