A Poetic Entry

Culture Shock - 3/13/11

Dulce de leche on toast
Plums? I ate seven
Why am I hungry at 8 pm?
Because we eat at eleven

Kisses on the cheek
For every person I meet
What’s your name again?
What’s that, can you repeat?

I miss you, peanut butter
And free water at cafés
Why is there no toilet paper?
What’s that? I have to pay?

Wearing backpacks on the front
Carrying no valuables along
No iPod, no risk
I’ll write my own songs

Argentina, my dear
You were quite a shock
I hope you don’t mind
That I wear mismatched socks


Cat Contemplation 3/25/11

Toto, my sleepy Argentine cat.
Are you happy? Or are you just settling?
Do you know what else is out there?
Do you regret your stagnant existence?
Is it hard for you, not being able to smile?
Not being able to cry when a loved one dies?
Not being able to eat food that doesn’t look like moldy cereal?
Not being able to have philosophical conversations with other beings?
Not being able to do crossword puzzles
with the opposable thumbs you don’t possess?

Maybe you’re resting on my pillow, thinking:

Nancy, my silly North-American human.
Are you fulfilled? Or are you just looking the other way?
Do you know what else is in front of you?
Do you regret your stagnant point of view?
Is it hard for you, not being able to jump on top of cabinets?
Not being able to cuddle or sleep whenever you want?
Not being able to think or exist without technology?
Not being without complicated drama and inescapable gossip?
Not being able to focus on the simplicity of life
and realize how it makes everything so much easier?

Perhaps we should chat sometime.


Reality Check 3/13/11

Sometimes life is
a to-do list that I’m ignoring

A ringing alarm clock
while I’m snoring

Rampaging thunder
muted while storming

Fantastical dreamland
while real life is boring

Second star to the right
straight on til morning

WAKE UP WAKE UP
QUICK! REALITY IS HAPPENING!
It’s so real you won’t believe your eyes!