By Juan Camillo Garza
hold the
lilies in
your mind
your hands
are nothing
marie
they plant
gardens, sure,
but why
your mind
was made for
flowers too
what belongs to us
courage is money
mined from the heart
i had my beautiful crowbar
swinging like daisies
kissing glass
turning mailboxes into confetti
my crowbar sang in perfect key
caressed every note
and every windshield broke into applause
Untitled
staring into a light
memory bleeds out
like heat from a knife
summer like a melon
split on the concrete
bringing flies like rain
that was the year
the washer broke
and roy did too
Juan Camillo Garza is a Mexican-American poet based in Austin, Texas. Among others, his writing can be found in; Columbia Journal, Hobart Pulp, Button Poetry, Typishly, and Poet Lore.