Maya Torres
25 poems
04/20/2025 00:00h
The policy sounds neutral
numbers and percentages
cost-benefit analysis
but policy lands on bodies
specific bodies
bodies with names and children
and bills due on the first
02/11/2025 00:00h
My father waited years
for a form
for an answer to a form
my family is from here and not from here
both things are true
the border has opinions
my father doesn't
12/15/2024 00:00h
I owe something to the people
who couldn't say what they needed to say
who were not allowed
who said it anyway
at great cost
i owe them noise
i owe them this poem
10/28/2024 00:00h
still here
after everything
still here
they did not finish us
we are inconveniently still here
and we will be here tomorrow
making it harder to ignore
09/03/2024 00:00h
who gets the benefit of the doubt
that's the question
that's always been the question
write it down
ask it every time
see what the answer is
07/08/2024 00:00h
The legacy isn't behind us
it's in the interest rates
the school districts
the arrest records
the hospital data
the past is very present
i wish this were a metaphor
05/20/2024 00:00h
My name is not difficult
it is exactly as long as it is
and sounds like what it sounds like
if you can say chardonnay
you can say my name
try again
04/01/2024 00:00h
When you stay quiet
you're still choosing
quiet is the choice
that keeps things the same
i see the quiet
the careful looking away
that's a vote too
02/16/2024 00:00h
For the girls who come after me
i want the air to be cleaner
the doors to be open wider
the asking to be less
i'm not sure i'll live to see it
but i'm making it anyway
12/02/2023 00:00h
The language is always coded
safety concern is a translation
certain neighborhood is a translation
not the right fit is a translation
i've learned to read it
but i'm tired of needing to
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