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Wayne Angelo Castillo

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Sometimes, I Am the Leaves

Aimless and astray—“I won’t go far”But most times, I am lost in the intricate streets and manmade blocks Not knowing the way back to your...
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Poetry

Geography of our Melancholies

For Mariko   This inconsolable distance Between our lips Separated by unfamiliar cities And impassable seas; This insatiable wonder for the unknown That grows every day in morbid anticipation Of the smell...
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Poetry

Sometimes, I am the leaves

­ Aimless and astray – “I won’t go far” But most times, lost in the intricate streets and manmade blocks Not knowing the way back to your...
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Poetry

Adieu, Jorellie

  And this shall be my last goodbye.   Do not leave your door— even your windows, The leaks in your ceiling open for my voice Seal your heart...
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