Heya = Heya

By Alexandra Berrocal

Heya = Heya is a collection of poetry that discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, favorite recipes, and theology. There are fictional stories in it as well. Heya = Heya is Alexandra Berrocal's second book. It is her first book of poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alexandra Berrocal
• Release date: Jun 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088164518

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Heya = Heya

And other poems

By Alexandra Berrocal

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True Love

"I’m going to steal

A fry," he says. Outstretched hand

Large, pale, clever

Reaches out to steal my heart

And it’s intended quarry

Depression

So now you have come, with your glistening teeth

First Rachel, then Robin, then Hunter, now me

How often will you take me away,

See the gibbering hulk that remains?

Will I ever feel the same again?

Will I regret the rest of my days?

Do I spend the rest of my life,

Living with a foot in the grave?

Do I spend the rest of my time,

Living with all of this shame?

Heart of ICE

"The clock has stopped

Permanently on your case," says the telephone

Is there no place for me in America?

Your words, on their own, are confusing

Your unsettling tone says it all,

Even as my appeal is supposedly

Pending.

POEM

Reached the end of the royal road

Began new beginnings with a heart of stone

What did she do with the tears she’d spun?

Carried them with her ‘till her race was run

Last days devoid of glory

Final chapters of a bittersweet story

These tired verses, these hollow bones

These broken curses, this heart of stone

Eyes half closed, yet waiting for life

All shredded heart to be tread by the trillions

This is the heart of the matter

Where the cold water flows

There lies the roots