Maria Martinez
Maria Martinez is a Latinx poet and perpetual student living in El Paso, Texas. “In the Waiting Room of the County Jail” is her debuting piece.
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In the Waiting Room of the County Jail
My stepdad is fiddling with his keys & mumbling—do you know if he was taking his meds because we probably should have brought a sedative if not—& I’m looking up at the ceiling’s lights & I’m pretending it’s the sun & I’m a child once more, fingers sticky & wrapped around the chains of the […]