Interference
my family inferred (to a certain degree)
that nothing was wrong with me
their constant words of reassurance
told me so -- my dearest Rosé
yet i knew that something was
wrong, i couldn't explain exactly
what it was, but i knew my inference
was right -- certainly, a rose
i thought and thought
and kept on thinking
until an inference came to me
that some inference (only some)
can be wrong -- how fortunate
that nothing was wrong with me
their constant words of reassurance
told me so -- my dearest Rosé
yet i knew that something was
wrong, i couldn't explain exactly
what it was, but i knew my inference
was right -- certainly, a rose
i thought and thought
and kept on thinking
until an inference came to me
that some inference (only some)
can be wrong -- how fortunate
Changeling
you lay at the feet
of may's adversity; digressing the
solution of differential
equations to finite doldrums
seeking to fill time
you were thinking of
purchasing cookies enveloped
with a technical, powder blue
wrapper --
i look like a beached whale
scooping up blood and teeth
spurting lines from nursing textbooks --
gee, what makes me so special
you look for more reasons
to say -- i'm fine, i fondly remember
the time when -- no, i don't feel fine
and actually
i don't know when the next asteroid
will glide over the Indian Ocean
and i really don't know the next time
i'll be fine
of may's adversity; digressing the
solution of differential
equations to finite doldrums
seeking to fill time
you were thinking of
purchasing cookies enveloped
with a technical, powder blue
wrapper --
i look like a beached whale
scooping up blood and teeth
spurting lines from nursing textbooks --
gee, what makes me so special
you look for more reasons
to say -- i'm fine, i fondly remember
the time when -- no, i don't feel fine
and actually
i don't know when the next asteroid
will glide over the Indian Ocean
and i really don't know the next time
i'll be fine
—camille castro, 18
Camille Castro, 18, is a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Guam. Aside from writing, she enjoys listening to Korean ballad music and taking walks at her local sports complex.
