—
there’s a monster in the closet
it’s shaped like a mother and two little boys
it has this dance, where it trembles
up and down, side by side
and there’s another monster
it’s outside of the closet
it’s bigger and stronger
and it’s drunk
there’re two musics in the room
one sings:
hide-and-seek, peek-a-boo
we play this game
when he drinks a few
and the second sounded like:
your father is the smartest man i ever met
your father is so beautiful
you’re going to be just like him
you’re going to be just like him
you’re going to be just like him
—
“monsters”
©Steven Cuenca
Wow. So powerful. So heart breaking.
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Wow. This was so passionate and deep. Greatly written
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Love the tension in this piece. Well done!
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I love your poetry. Thank you.
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Holy shit. Simple and profound storytelling
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I really appreciate it.
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