En la noche del eclipso

la noche de que quieras
debajo de la sangre
del árbol de granada
esta tu sexo
encendido por la luz de estrellas
Cara de un jovencito
cuerpo de un hombre
Soy las puntas del zacate
que tintina tu piel
Soy la sombra
que obscura tu sueño
Mi muerte esta colgada
en el fruto arriba


liz gonzalez


liz gonzalez-poet, essayist, short story writer-grew up in Rialto (San Bernardino Co), lived in LA from 1990 until 1996, when she moved to Oakland where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Mills College. Her poetry is currently featured on LatinoLA.com, and has most recently appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Arroyo Art Collective's L.A. Stories for the "Mirar LA/To Look at LA" exhibit, New Delta Review, and is forthcoming in Luna (edited by Ray Gonzalez). liz's poetry is included in the anthology, Grand Passion: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. She also won a first place award in the first Poetry in the Windows. She now lives Santa Ana Heights and teaches English at Fullerton Junior College.


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