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Cristina del Canto Poetry Collection

I have rebuilt myself, like a burned down cathedral
keeping my stained glass windows
as a memory of who I once was

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Cristina del Canto Poetry Collection

  • Poetry
    • Remember Me?
    • Yellow
    • Caracas
    • Man of Jell-O
    • All these things traveling through me still don't bring me to you
    • Way of Sorrows
    • Banned
    • Forever Cathedral
    • 3,2,1,0
    • Morning Routine
    • Hugo Chávez Still Lives
    • Venezuela
    • I Could Have Really Forgotten You If We Had Never Met
    • Green Trails Days
    • Rafflesia Arnoldii
    • Lou's Blues
    • Snowmen in Windsor Park
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Man of Jell-O

This man of mine,
tied my tongue to his shoelaces,
he walked miles and miles –
without looking down at me,
my head at his feet.

This man of mine,
washed his dirty sheets,
my body tangled in between –
tumbling round and round,
my foot in my mouth.

Man of Jell-O,
you are simple to make,
easy to eat.

Man of Jell-O,
although cool to the touch,
You
Burn
Me.

Man of Jell-O

This man of mine,
tied my tongue to his shoelaces,
he walked miles and miles –
without looking down at me,
my head at his feet.

This man of mine,
washed his dirty sheets,
my body tangled in between –
tumbling round and round,
my foot in my mouth.

Man of Jell-O,
you are simple to make,
easy to eat.

Man of Jell-O,
although cool to the touch,
You
Burn
Me.

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Forever Cathedral
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about 10 years ago

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