
HONEY LOCAL
Tiffany Hudgins is a Los Angeles born poet and creative who uses her love for artistic expression to navigate through the world’s shared emotions and experiences. With poetry being her favorite medium, she writes to form relatability and connection with life around her.
“Original Real”
Dripped in diamonds.
Lives in diamonds.
Lived-in diamonds
Are used,
Even in her dreams
Diamonds aren’t as hard
As her heart is
On Sunday mornings.
Her is heart is
Worn-in.
An almost duplicate
Of her high brand knock off
Fake leather, I’m sorry…
Faux suede boots.
Faux fur that plays more like
Fleece blankets
Hang from her broad shoulders,
There is confidence in that
Discount store fashion
And she will be your
Discount store fashion show.
Strutting in faux suede on her feet
And faux diamonds on her fingers
And faux fur on her back.
She is warm and safe,
Even in the falsehood of familiarity.
She is protected and sane,
Even as she’s labeled crazy
For living in
Pretend glitter.
All her tears can afford is
A copy,
But all she bleeds is
Original real.