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JOSHUA BENITEZ: Fistful of Ambition

My hands are ambitious
though
they do not want to
conquer the world

Nor build monuments
create beauty
or find treasure

My hand’s ambition
it seems
is to be ready
to catch you
when you fall in love with me

My hands are ambitious
but they can’t see the future

Joshua Benitez wishes he could use his feet as a second pair of hands.

Someone once told me a hot shower is like a mother’s womb.

Perhaps because you feel safe being vulnerable.

I wonder if I ever cried in my mother’s womb.

I like crying in the shower. It’s the solidarity I get knowing that something else can pour as much as me.

Joshua Benitez believes the best time for a shower is at night.