# data[].attributes.body
The Poet X

Page 134

SWOON

“But who knew words, when said by the right person, by a boy who raises your temperature, move heat like nothing else. Shoot a shot of warmth from your curls to your toes.”

# data[].attributes.body
TE “My favorite show is See Ya Later, the one where there’s two guys and one girl and the guys knock themselves out trying to impress her because toward the end of the show she has to say “See ya later,” to one of them and the other one she climbs all over and sticks her tongue right in his mouth.”

# data[].attributes.body
“If my hair was a tree I’d climb… I’d treat it like gold and then mine it… these locks on my head I designed it.”

# data[].attributes.body
“The rain tapping on the window” 12

# data[].attributes.body
“ If Aman were a poem he’d be writing slumped across the page, sharp lines, and a witty punch line written on a bodega brown paper bag.” (Pg.107).

# data[].attributes.body
“ her face so mad it’s purple”

33

# data[].attributes.body
“I love this game like the winter loves snow” (page 37)

# data[].attributes.body
Tap tapping against the window (12)

# data[].attributes.body
“Your dad’s old school, like an ol’ Chevette (4)

# data[].attributes.body
“Marriage without struggle is like an unfixed clay pot. It is easily made , but will not stand the test of time.” (Page 72, Wolf)

# data[].attributes.body
TE: “your nothing but a wild brown island.” (7)

# data[].attributes.body
“The air, heavy with the smell of sweat, popcorn, and the sweet perfume of mothers watching sons”(Page 49).

# data[].attributes.body
“Like the pieces of a jacket, we are stitched together”.

# data[].attributes.body
“Her face so mad it’s purple” page 33

# data[].attributes.body
“When your brother owns the world”(115).