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PART 1: In the Beginning Was the Word
“Mami,” I Say to Her on the Walk Home
When You’re Born to Old Parents
When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued
When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued Again
The Last Word on Being Born to Old Parents
Caridad and I Shouldn’t Be Friends
Night before First Day of School
Rough Draft of Assignment 1—Write about the most impactful day of your life.
Final Draft of Assignment 1 (What I Actually Turn In)
It’s Only the First Week of Tenth Grade
After
Okay?
On Sunday
During Communion
Church Mass
Not Even Close to Haikus
Holy Water
People Say
On Papi
All Over a Damn Wafer
The Flyer
After the Buzz Dies Down
Aman
Whispering with Caridad Later That Day
What Twin Be Knowing
Sharing
Questions for Ms. Galiano
Spoken Word
Wait—
Holding a Poem in the Body
J. Cole vs. Kendrick Lamar
Asylum
What I Tell Aman:
Dreaming of Him Tonight
The Thing about Dreams
Date
Mami’s Dating Rules
Clarification on Dating Rules
Feeling Myself
PART II: And the Word Was Made Flesh
Smoke Parks
I Decided a Long Time Ago
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin, for Real
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin (Last and Most Important Reason)
But Why Twin Is Still the Only Boy I’ll Ever Love
Communication
About A
Catching Feelings
Notes with Aman
What I Didn’t Say to Caridad in Confirmation Class
Lectures
Ms. Galiano’s Sticky Note on Top of Assignment 1
Sometimes Someone Says Something
Listening
Mother Business
And Then He Does
Warmth
The Next Couple of Weeks
Eve,
“I Think the Story of Genesis Is Mad Stupid”
As We Are Packing to Leave
Father Sean
Answers
Rough Draft Assignment 2—Last Paragraphs of My Biography
Final Draft of Assignment 2 (What I Actually Turn In)
Hands
Fingers
Talking Church
Swoon
Telephone
Over Breakfast
Angry Cat, Happy X
About Being in Like
Music
Ring the Alarm
The Day
Wants
At My Train Stop
What I Don’t Tell Aman
Kiss Stamps
The Last Fifteen-Year-Old
Concerns
What Twin Knows
Hanging Over My Head
Friday
Black & Blue
Tight
Excuses
Costume Ready
Reuben’s House Party
One Dance
Stoop-Sitting . . . with Aman
Convos with Caridad
Braiding
Fights
Scrapping
What We Don’t Say
Gay
Feeling Off When Twin Is Mad
Rough Draft of Assignment 3—Describe someone you consider misunderstood by society.
Final Draft of Assignment 3 (What I Actually Turn In)
Announcements
Ice-Skating
Until
Love
Around and Around We Go
After Skating
This Body on Fire
The Shit & the Fan
Miracles
Fear
Ants
I Am No Ant
Diplomas
Cuero
Mami Says,
Repetition
Things You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Have Nothing to Do with Repentance:
Another Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:
The Last Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:
Leaving
What Do You Need from Me?
Consequences
Late That Night
In Front of My Locker
PART III: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
Silent World
Heavy
My Confession
Father Sean Says,
Prayers
How I Can Tell
Before We Walk in the House
My Heart Is a Hand
A Poem Mami Will Never Read
In Translation
Heartbreak
Reminders
Writing
What I’d Like to Tell Aman When He Sends Another Apology Message:
Favors
Pulled Back
On Thanksgiving
Haiku: The Best Part About Thanksgiving Was When Mami:
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Final Draft of Assignment 4 (What I Actually Turn In)
Gone
Zeros
Possibilities
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Isabelle
First Poetry Club Meeting
Nerves
When I’m Done
Compliments
Caridad Is Standing Outside the Church
Hope Is a Thing with Wings
Here
Haikus
Offering
Holding Twin
Cody
Problems
Dominican Spanish Lesson:
Permission
Open Mic Night
Signed Up
The Mic Is Open
Invitation
All the Way Hype
At Lunch on Monday
At Poetry Club
Every Day after English Class
Christmas Eve
It’s a Rosary
Longest Week
The Waiting Game
Birthdays
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
Let Me Explain
If Your Hand Causes You to Sin
Verses
Burn
Where There Is Smoke
Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning
Other Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning
My Mother Tries to Grab Me
Returning
On the Walk to the Train
The Ride
No Turning Back
Taking Care
In Aman’s Arms
And I Also Know
Tangled
The Next Move
There Are Words
Facing It
“You Don’t Have to Do Anything You Don’t Want to Do.”
What I Say to Ms. Galiano After She Passes Me a Kleenex
Going Home
Aman, Twin, and Caridad
Divine Intervention
Homecoming
My Mother and I
Stronger
Slam Prep
Ms. Galiano Explains the Five Rules of Slam:
Xiomara’s Secret Rules of Slam:
The Poetry Club’s Real Rules of Slam:
Poetic Justice
The Afternoon of the Slam
At the New York Citywide Slam
Celebrate with Me
Assignment 5—First and Final Draft
Acknowledgments
