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Everything Taken Together Has the Weight of Heaven
For Padmapani Perez
I have often imagined meeting Alicia again, the woman Angelico swore would love him for the rest of his life. As if...
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The Scent of Coconuts
JANUARY 1, 1924, shortly after the stroke of midnight, was when Luzviminda Cruces was born into this earth in barrio Bunot in a town...
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The Centurion
At six, Enzo Domingo bore witness to a miracle. That was the summer that Kuya Elison got sick. Enzo woke one night to find...
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The Red Banca on Our Island
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No one can forget that red banca. If anyone were to ask how it looked, no one on our island would be mistaken in...
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Simulacrum
Jesus fuck!” I blurted out. I pray my devout Catholic of a Mom and Dad didn’t hear that one but—Christ on a stick—this stupid...
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The Mysteries beside the Brook, under the Tree
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...
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Chopin’s Valse de L’Adieu
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...
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Near Paradise
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The main dusty road is a gray strip, parted in between rice paddies and bamboo groves, which in turn separate the sawali houses, which...
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THE LAST KAPRE
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...
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The Sweet Odor of Love
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...
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Damages
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,...
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The Shaman’s Wall
It was late in the afternoon when a knock on the door echoed throughout the abandoned tower. Cobwebs shivered, and dust fell off. I...
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The Animals at Fredirick’s House
Fredirick is a lonely boy who always stays inside his home. He does not like hugs and kisses from his mom. “Yuck,” he says...
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Time in a Shell
They say that when you put your ear next to a seashell, you can hear the ocean. That you can hear the waves crashing...
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Butterfly
Do not catchA butterfly With your hands,Especially not
A white oneEven with itsEver so slightStreaks of black.
You might Damage itsDelicate wingsAnd it can
Never fly again.Catch it, rather,With...
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THE RAINBOW
There are many stories in man’s remembering. Some say they are spun by an old woman who lives hidden from the sun’s rising and...
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