I was recently a featured poet at the Ugly Mug in the city of Orange, a small excerpt from my performance July 15th, 2026
Soshite
cold outside
fingers cramp and freeze
my age
is showing
like a fallen ship
Soshite
slap on the blush
gloss the lips
piggybank some time
I’m not ready for elderhood
my heart
is still a child
my body
merely
disobedient
Soshite
I’ll wear a hoodie of youth
keep little
red ridinghood
riding
insecurities
always keep me young
my mind
is always changing
indescision keeps me growing
Continued in “Wings on a Silk Veil”
Genie Nakano 