The Core | Instead of You

I left your body with the same

grooves in my fingernails as you

bitten to the quick

bringing comfort when everything else

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Grape Soda

…I was chipping my new manicure. I was eating all of the grapes with

coffee ice cream. I was a little chubby, but nice.

I was writing poems by the side of the pool,

the blue curtains…

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She is Art | Shopping

abstract realism

a divine duality

endlessly evolving

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How a Filipino Mother Says I Love You

She marinates my petaling skin,

with Vicks Vaporub. The cracks stop

at my stomach, to reveal a slick

oasis made by her calloused fingertips.

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What We Fell Into

This is what we fell into.

That’s why we take the stairs two at a time, we destroy the surveillance cameras, confiscate all the guns aimed at us, shut off all your alarms, and we speak.

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