Maya Salameh

WHY AREN’T Y’ALL DRIVING YOUR FRIENDS TO THE AIRPORT???

love is inconvenience                                  waking up at 6am to drive your homegirl to court & all the way

back out to San Jose for the tacos she likes after                           sitting on the amtrak for a nightpointfive

running across the DFW airport in heeled boots                on the cheapest layover you could

find          is asking                           is waiting unnecessarily in the car until she is inside

is Huong & their grown out fade                             Victoria’s babydoll dresses & pineapple CBD

cigarettes                 tobacco makes her head hurt                   love is lifegiving &          I am made of every girl

who lent me shoes            Kavya w/ her wide smile & raven hair              always pressing me to eat

Nina & her lipstick pink as tendon         watching a movie starring a Hutcherson with our legs

tangled together          gossiping over mint tea             our laughter like a screen door in spring

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