We live in Los Angeles, California.
\nWe have a front yard and a backyard.
\nMy favorite things are cartwheels, salted plums,
\nand playing catch with my dad. I squeeze the grass
\nand dirt between my fingers. Eat my tongue
\nwhite. He launches every ball into orbit.
\nEvery ball drops like an anvil, heavy
\nand straight into my hands. I am afraid
\nof riots and falling and the dark.
\nThe sunset of flames ringing our block,
\ngroceries and Asian-owned storefronts. No one
\nto catch me. Midnight walks from his room to mine.
\nI believe in the devil.
\nI have a sister and a brother
\nand strong headlock. We have a dog named
\nSpunky, fawn and black. We have an olive
\ntree. A black walnut tree. A fig tree.
\nWe lie in the grass and wonder who writes
\nin the sky. I lie in the grass and imagine
\nmy name, a cloud drifting. Saturday
\ndance parties. Everyone drunk on pink
\npanties, screwdrivers, and Canadian Club.
\nDominoes and spades. Al Green and Mack 10.
\nSometimes Mama dances with the dog.
\nSometimes my dad dances with me. I am
\ncareful not to touch. He is careful
\nto smile with his whole face.<\/p>\n
We live in Los Angeles, California. We have a front yard and a backyard. My favorite things are cartwheels, salted plums, and playing catch with my dad. I squeeze the grass and dirt between my fingers. Eat my tongue white. He launches every ball into orbit. Every ball drops like an anvil, heavy and straight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-3fc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12475,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474\/revisions\/12475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}