The Person I Hate

by Lorinda Nez

The Person I Hate is someone

Who makes my mom

Smile

and she feels better

when she sees that person

Walk in the

Room

The person I see

walk in the

room

Is a

man

When he passes

He smells like oil

The touch on his clothes looks like

They’re dirty and old

The sound is

Him and my mom laughing

Together

And the taste

is dirt from his

teeth talking

Everyday I think to myself

is she ever going to

leave him

But then I see her

with the man

I hate and they

look like

They would stay

Together

until they see

what was

not right

for them to be

Together