

Silent Mornings Come Too SoonShe spoke secrets, of no importance-- just a whisper.Silent Mornings Come Too Soon
With soft syllables
among silent air, she closed his eyes and listened to sounds of savored sleep.


What's LeftMoments-- the last ones left to linger slide slowly--for now.What's Left
They'll wake up weary for wanting, remembering errands they must run,
I'll count them, second-by-second,
as they whisk through the window, wishing they won't be late.


Let Me BreatheI must not remember my last breath.Let Me Breathe
The last time I inhaled so deeply--and exhaled,
with all of the disaster, flushed into the air, All of the terror I owned, blast from within, And the freedom I earned, unhinging my jaw.
I want to remember my last breath.
The one that lasted longer than the others, with comfort peeling away longing, Tasting sharp like pineapples, and ending so sweetly that I could wish for nothing else.
That I could want nothing else.
I cannot remember my last brea--


Thesis on fruitWe are biased when it comes to fruit. Fruit like the orange, for instance, are seen as joyous, capable of spring and unreeling skin (like bandages off healed wounds and not snake slough, which is dark), and grapesThesis on fruit
are sudden
raindrops, seductive
as poison. And by poison, I mean the good kind -- liquor -- and not something lethal, although...
Well, then there are apples,
wholesome as flannel, talcum powder, all sweet childhood things. And I suggest the mango's etymological root is someone's succulent summer f


My Favorite Was GalunggongSink-side, she'd cleave their silver underbellies, discard the dangling yarn of guts, brown as old bananas, and rinse the insidesexposed diary lined with ribs. She'd tong them into the oil, the water crackling off the surface, dark as urine, and flip their stiffening bodies at the right moment, cutting fresh roman tomatoes in the meantime. She'd dash them with Kikkoman, spoon fresh rice, tapping wood against ceramic, and pimple the side with bagoong: shrimp paste, potent as the Great Salt Lake. When the fish was done, patted dry, she'd pull the bones out like splinters, uMy Favorite Was Galunggong
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