Left Behind
© 2008 Sandra Jean-Pierre No Not in that same place- the barefoot on wet shower floor space the dry heaving, chest collapsing place not that half sleep/stumbling pace Not from that place where these lips crack from neglect and under/use where this brow furrows from...
Brown Baby
© 2003 Sandra Jean-Pierre Brown baby Brown baby Brown baby Brown baby… It’s not supposed to happen this way but day twelve looks back at me while I look at them with no way to explain why beans and rice were too much of a luxury to have on the same day… …in this...
Phenomenolly Me
© 2002 Sandra Jean-Pierre Just the way sunlight captures my eye or the gentle warmth of my smile, not fashion model perfection, not Vogue magazine style – Just Me. Maybe it’s the way I strut my stuff, rolling down the way bad as I need to be, not being Ms.America...