Email me at Kimberly.davila.61@csun.edu

 

Here is one of my favorite poems written by Ani De Franco

 

not a pretty girl

 

i am not a pretty girl

that is not what I do

i ain’t no damsel  in distress

and I don’t need to be rescued

so put me down punk

wouldn’t you prefer a maiden fair

isn’t there a kitten

stuck up a tree somewhere

 

i am not an angry girl

but it seems like

i’ve got everyone fooled

every  time I say something

they find hard to hear

they chalk it up to my anger

and never their own fear

 

imagine you’re a girl

just trying to finally come clean

knowing full well they’d prefer

you were dirty

and smiling

and I’m sorry

but I am not a kitten

stuck up a tree somewhere

generally my generation

wouldn’t be caught dead

working for the man

and generally I agree with them

trouble is you got to have yourself

an alternate plan

i have earned my disillusionment

i have been working all my life

i am a patriot

i have been fighting the good fight

and what if I knew that

and I called your bluff

don’t you think every kitten

figures out how to get down

whether or not you ever show up

 

i am not a pretty girl

i don’t want to be a pretty girl

i want to be more than a pretty girl

 

To thine own self be true.

Kimberly  Gray

You are currently listening to “ I Could Have Lied” by

The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

This picture was taken on my wedding day. One of the happiest days of my life. He said, “Pretend like your smelling the flowers”

 

 

There must be something In the way I feel That she don't want me to feel The stare she bares cut me I don't care You see so what if I bleed I could never change Just what I feel My face will never show What is not real A mountain never seems to have The need to speak A look that shares so many seek The sweetest feeling I got from you The things I said to you were true I could never change Just what I feel My face will never show What is not real [Chorus] I could have lied I'm such a fool My eyes could never never never Keep their cool Showed her and I told her how She struck me but I'm fucked up now But now she's gone yes she's gone away A soulful song That would not stay You see she hides 'cause she is scared But I don't care I won't be spared [Chorus] [Chorus]