I am not a tree for you to water / I am not
A recipe for you to add a pinch of sugar, salt / I
Am not your work in progress / Not your
Holy war / Not your work of art /
I am not the reason you hold back or why you say yes / Then no /
I am not a good / Not a good bye when I go / I am not
Dessert served / For you
To taste / I am not a blossom
For your vase /
First you give, then you take / But
I am not the photograph /
You will stage and fake /
What you wanted for so long you couldn't have /
I am the thing you thought you'd bought /
I am what I ought
To be / Always was and
I am
Lee Burke González (2020)
Fat and Happy, 2015
Oil pastel on paper