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And the Violin Bled CobwebsiiiAnd the Violin Bled Cobwebs
and the taste of tar on your lower lip meant adieu. all i did for the last two moons was nurse the bruises, all that has surfaced and all that
were tucked. hinge less, i opened the door, lobbed banana peels on women with high-waist shorts. i used to be beautiful but you left me with shirt torn, a mark of lavender on my neck and an archive of cobwebs that new years could never rake.
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your dreams fell on my bed sheets, you counted the blanket ripple marks on my face. we were shipwrecked souls, stranded under everlasting clouds. i told you


dear, when you're sleeping* Father, That when you are snoring, I know at 4 am tomorrow, youre going to call me and leave the door open as the wind chimes dance with the dawn and your cold sunken cheeks. that when you are snoring I know, you are not leaving us--- no, not just yet.dear, when you're sleeping
* Sister,
I miss your eyes. The way they remind me of the marbles we play with our little hands twelve years ago, the way you cry at every movie we watched
when they spoke about grandparents and gambling. Then the way the full moon occupies their spaces  


Subay: You in three partsI Perhaps, I was never there to see your eyelashes curtsy on your skin when you first listened to the bat hymns andSubay: You in three parts
branch fallings. Perhaps, if I was there, Id be a bit scared just like how I first marveled on scarecrows that were built by my Lolos hands. I was never there when your Lolo strummed about barrio lamps and the first harvest on a melancholic September, if I was there, Id be folding my palms into fists and place them under my jaws, like what dreamers do, asleep or wide awake.
II The cassette tape recorder played a vital role in my life, I never &
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Salamat ulit
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Ilonggo pa~ :3
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an antique arms and armor expert
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