A mouthful of grass, choked,
but here I stand before you.
Dry mouthful of grass, hanged
for healing a sick man.
Red mouthful of grass, banned
from opening glass glued eyes.
Grass in my mouth, I once knew
bitterness, but sweet is what it sounds.
Nikki Corina Dela Rosa is a revolutionary queer poet located in Tongva land (Los Angeles, CA). She is the daughter of proletariat Filipino immigrants. Her writings dissect intersectionality issues and ecopoetics.
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