I Come From

By Angel Gonzalez

I come from D.R. and what I like to eat is steak. The bacon egg and cheese the ‘Ock makes every morning. I come from a store full of food. I come from five hundred years of age. I come from the age of teeth.

Spring/Summer I come from a place where I was told you can’t be your own kind of beautiful.

I come from, “Don’t even yell around me.” I come from, “Don’t ever underestimate me.” I come from a town of hate. Pepperoni pizza. Movies like Superman in the summer.

Buy clothes on Friday. More buildings all the time. In my games, open doorways.

I come from a place where you don’t know what to believe. I come from a place where they say if you believe in something, it will come true. I come from a place where the stars are shiny. I come from a place where you can do the things you wanna do in life.

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