In which the inevitable led me to a new friend. I died alone, and I don’t regret it. Not even once.
Death is a strange feeling to have: I expected it to at least haunt me or leave me wondering if I have unfinished...
After a year of hesitant whispers, Their mutual nodTo terminate the engagement. Clouds of unknowing Drift over Paris, The syllogism of parting Known only to Maria WodzińskaAnd him.
Perhaps, it was her dread Of his unrelenting winter fever—That famished lout gnawing At his lungs, bound to consume him Fourteen years hence; Or the...
1.
The main dusty road is a gray strip, parted in between rice paddies and bamboo groves, which in turn separate the sawali houses, which all look the same: poor.
Midnight Express is whining intolerably, droning monotonously, a great burden on the road. It is...
The light of the gas lamp flickered, dancing with the light breeze, whispering in the boy’s ear who watched the stars by the open window.
Beneath the dancing starlight, his mind became a theater full of colorful characters frolicking in a play of delightful...
There was once a kingdom in the south that was ruled by a very powerful but ancient and very ugly Datu Baro-Mai. He remained unmarried until his old age as he did not have time to find a suitable wife. He had sixteen loyal advisers...
Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtBranch 17Davao City
Ms. Diana Lynn Balagtas, PlaintiffAccompanied by her Attorney-in-Fact
Civil Case No. 6282014for: Damages
vs.
Ms. M , Defendantx-----x
COMPLAINT
1. COMES NOW, the plaintiff together with the undersigned counsel to this most honorable court, MOST RESPECTFULLY STATING THAT:
2. The Plaintiff is...
The Pruning
Deadhead
the ground
where petals lay,
not the blossomed
branch, rivered
& riveted
this garden,
this square
of pear & pine.
Unlock
the pruning knife,
cut the roses
back to thorn,
back to distel,
to angled light.
Be...