> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Local Poets Showcase: Matt Deese, And Leona Garber
- URL: https://bklyner.com/local-poets-showcase-matt-deese-leona-garber-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2016-11-12T17:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-11T21:02:30.000Z
- Author: Sean Egan
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Nonsponsored, Sheepshead Bay, Southern Brooklyn, leona garber, local poets, local poets showcase, matt deese, poetry, #wp

This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Matt Deese, and Leona Garber.

![Photo via Flickr/Philip Dean.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/6209957186_6056085224_z.jpg)

Photo via [Flickr/Philip Dean.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/phild41/6209957186/in/photolist-asKDVm-3KG36s-3WT3kR-7zApoT-961Pp-bkomtP-9ixqhU-jHvgN-3G2y2-5PDvvb-7hYVby-62xzM-6eSFiL-6NbV8e-aSq5aZ-5wfHV-5JTbZx-9hfAsP-NAgcS-PvXHB-cTDjzQ-2acuS-5wfJj-9hYtg3-63Lt5R-7VegD4-c1HPgS-5wfJ8-8bwPU6-7dakJo-pS2pGw-4JUbGS-4UZ97i-4Mqrgs-GJzo8-2mjqEz-99upZ-5QJRoB-cH8fc-7NGgu5-NUaJs-8kChRv-7iJyUy-JmnwfX-avNP8S-a1NPax-rAsjyo-8A46mm-5Vvrgb-7sPg37?ref=bklyner.com)

*What do I see by Leona Garber*

I look in the mirror and what do I see,  
I see my Mothers face looking back at me.  
I look in the mirror and what do I see. I see,  
my brothers face. He looks just like me.  
I look in the mirror and what do I see, I see

My dad smiling at me.

![Photo via Flickr/RJ.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3051331522_5337d29ab5_z.jpg)

Photo via Flickr/RJ.

*The Animals We Became by Matt Deese*

We traveled off into a distant cruel land  
We were all Boys then  
Though we thought we were Men  
And oh’ how fast our childhood came to an end  
It was something in the land, destruction, & air  
You couldn’t quite place it  
But you new it was there  
This seemingly Savage feeling that filled the atmosphere  
It Coursed through our Veins  
It changed the look in a Man’s Eye  
It was almost like you saw yourself going Insane  
Like you were watching the Boy in you Die  
It got to you at first  
It bothered you to know Your Actions put People in a Hearse  
After awhile though  
It Changed The Way You Thought  
It Controlled You whether You liked it or not  
They say Innocence is the first to go  
It left out Fast  
And MY did it show  
When we left & came back home  
We didn’t want to talk about it  
We just wanted to be left alone  
The People just Wouldn’t Understand  
What it took to go from a Scared Little Boy to a Savage Man  
It’s not that it even bothered us most times  
I mean Was Saving You & Yours Such A Crime  
There was No Real Remorse or Shame  
It just Scared You sometimes to look back & see The ANIMALS WE BECAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!