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THE CALLING OF ST. MATTHEW

In Harmony with Caravaggio Five men sit around a tablewhile two stand at the extreme right.How strange, those seated havefoppish hats, embroidered and brocadedshirts, tight...

The News of You

Briefly, just after college, I left my parents’ house, thinking independence was a priceless thing. It was worth it, I liked to remind myself, especially...

MAOMAG PRINCE*

(Philippine Tarsier Foundation in Loboc, Bohol) Charles, next in lineTo the throne of England,Held him: Palm-sized proto-simian,Tiny tea saucers for eyes,Mouth with needle teeth, More ancient than...

THE FIREFLIES

This tale is for Mark Brownrigg It had been a strange week in this village on top of the Antipolo hills. The days were cool,...

A Celebration of Cycles

A Pilgrim’s TaleOur space is reshaping.The process is pronouncedin rambling rites of this mountainof fire and ash; of granite and flux. Sullen hour and we...

Two Poems

Bumebenjonson: Hey Lady I could have been your lover and you know it, Mama always said that I’m handsome ...

NIGHT ADDICT

For months following the death of his father, the boy did not sleep. Not a single wink for a single hour, every day, every...

On the Twenty-Third Floor

a speckle of duston my window has just disappeared in a cloud

Examination

It was two p.m. on a weekday, and she was in the city, in leather shoes that pinched, a hot polyester acrylic blend blouse...

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...