You Can't Have it All

but you can have almond shaped,

and puffy brown hair like the size of Russia

when smooth hair ties break.

You can have the push of an eleven-year-old brother,

but forgives and makes you forget.

You can have the picture of your dog

as a tear splashes on it, and you say

I wish you were here.

You can have parents distant from each other,

but can still keep the family united

like a house of cards. Even if it starts to fall apart.

You can have a trip to Salvador after catching a cold.

As the plane goes higher in the blue sky,

the pressure crushes my teeth like bulldozer

crushing Earth.

You can have the sound of the waves crash

on the ocean deck, and mosquito bites on your skin

like chicken pocks on a sunny hot day.

You can have homemade sushi for dinner

turn into food poison, and not take a bit out of anything

for three days straight.

You can have one of the most coolest, most worst spring break ever,

but you can have the feeling of relief when you come home,

and the sweet soft touch of the bed sheets

that make you sleep until school starts again.