Yellow Mama E zine

Understand

 

by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

 

Understand,

the sky is not

just clouds

and stars,

and the palms

of your hands

contain road

maps to the

past, present,

and future.

Scratch at a

wall with your

fingertips and

you will anger

all the ghosts

that hide or 

sleep inside

those walls.

Do not step

on the crawling

ants as you 

walk outside

your home. It

will bring you

bad luck for

the rest of your

life. If you don’t

believe me, 

think back on

all those times 

when things did

not go your way.

It is the curse 

of the crushed

ants coming back

to haunt you.

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Luis lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His poetry, art, and photography have appeared in Black Petals, Blue Collar Review, Kendra Steiner Editions, Medusa's Kitchen, Rogue Wolf Press, Venus in Scorpio Poetry Journal, and Yellow Mama Webzine.