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nothing has changed only the forms of it

nothing has changed only the forms of it when we wedded the struggle brought us before a mayor who joked, run as fast as you can don’t let the dictator catch you

Muon

A fifth fundamental force might help explain some of the big puzzles about the Universe that have exercised scientists in recent decades. BBC The key to how the world works: Muon.After the fog had withdrawn one morning,I hiked up the mountain trail to seewhat...

TWO POEMS

KUNG FU POEM You killed my master In syllables two seconds out of synch with the lips,while a crooked finger points back to himself, vengeance smoldering in a fingertip,preponderance of death in a single knuckle. Wind and wine, be still, be without form—be water, which is never...

What Is Your Name?

How do you call yourselfwhen no one, not even you,listens? Where do you find the wordswhen everything escapes yourthoughts? What stories come to lifewhen images are no longerreal? When do you stop hearingwhat who always calls your namesays? How do you begin again?

FALL

How lovely to imagine he fall.In many ways, how true is that word for the season? And how the Bible has it in its very first chapter,Only beginning, and yet already there. Things fall, their the last act of grace –Leaves, bright red in postcards...

Flyleaf

Of fairy tales and future fakes, We twist our limbs until they break We force the fit of gown and gold We try to do as we are told But all our stories lost their way And all our stories end today We’ve had a sigh, a single pause We’ll start again with “once there was...

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Montage (of a Once Activist)

Meet me on Moraytabefore we march to our beloved stronghold,the Peace Arch in Mendiola,where the blood of our martyrscleansed its cornerstone.Swear that we will...

Kalahig

In memory of the hundreds of trash pickers who perished in the garbage slide at the Payatas dumpsite on July 10, 2000 From the skeleton Of...

My Mother’s Skirts

After my mother died, I decided to gather twine from her frayed skirts and braid them into wreaths. I discovered that each skirt had...

Stay for the Fireworks

And while it’s true that knowledge of self is required before you can love, truly love, you must also have a healthy faith in the unknown, an appreciation for the wind...