Tag: P.C. Tavarez

Alone at my Mom’s House with the Dogs by P.C. Tavarez

Alone at my Mom’s House with the Dogs There are lizards Everywhere They sit Varied in species Dozens watching perched On the flat wood Of each fence post top They make me feel important Watching me like that Are they waiting for me To open my mouth And go boom? It’s whatever, anyway, I am …

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An Imaginary Undulating Conversation Between Old Friends by P.C. Tavárez

An Imaginary Undulating Conversation Between Old Friends To speak openly To be like water All vulnerability & Transparency To say “There is where The fracture started, look at the Splinters of you left in me, There beneath, there underneath Where you live a bloodless stoic I wish you to be as the water is…” To …

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Prisoner of the Whipping Boy’s Light Box by P.C. Tavarez

Prisoner of the Whipping Boy’s Light Box I fell in love with my friend He trapped me in his little light box He fed me crumbs of camaraderie He spun tales into a pacifying blanket Dropped in little pellets of Hope and romance And then he got bored Found something better In the overworld of …

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Land of the Free, Home of the Tropical McMansion by P.C. Tavarez

Land of the Free, Home of the Tropical McMansion I was born and raised in MIA 305 Dade County City of Kendall Home of the peacock & The mango The conservative Cuban, The orthodox greek The jewish private school The WASP barbecue The midwestern snow bunny Turned resident avocado expert The white Puertorriqueño Where you …

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