Generally and Generically

She says that it’s too general and I know that it’s too generic but when everything gets too messed up, all I can tell her is that I love her very, very much.
Chemae and I have been together for a year — more than a year. If anybody’s wondering how did that year go, all [...]

Of Poets and Basketball Players

 
“Should I tell her I love her in the poem?”
“Yes. You’ve already made the ridiculous decision of writing a poem for her, telling her about your feelings. So why stop short and not say that you love her?”
“Yeah, I realize that. But everyone says ‘I love you’ and this is not a high school kind [...]

A Song In My Head I Wish Interpol Would Play

Bed Bugby Interpol*EverytimeIt gets meEverytime
EverytimeIt gets meEverytime
Now I think about a lot and I do a lot of actsBut I really can’t know what goes on in thisShowCause it
Gets
Me
Everytime.Yes, it gets meEverytime
You’re over there, I’m underneath, it’s incompleteI’m completelySillySillySilly.
So what is worse? Go get a nurseAnd rub some salt against these woundsTo—
Yeah, yeah, yeah, [...]

Palaisipan

 
Lumulukso, lumulubog, lumalaktawMasundan langHinuhulaan, inaabangan, kinakabahanKumalma langTinatanya, pinipiga ang simpatyaLumingon lamangHinaharap, hinahabol, hinang-hinaUmaga lamang,Niyakap pa, ilang oras, bastusan naUlong kinalawangNawiwindang, nagba-blangko, nagniningasHindi mabilangMga nasasayang, kabi-kabilaang mga kapraninganLubus-lubusangSinasagad, binababad, binibiladSa init ng pulangBumabakat, walang puknat, kumakalatNangangati nangGumapang, mabuwang, tumiwalagIsipang tigangSumusuka, sumusuko, sumisiwalatMga damdamingNauudyok, nabubulok sa sinasapitAyoko nangLumulundag, nagbabasag, humihiyaw‘Di mapigilangMagnilay-nilay, magbantay-bantay, baka mauhawNaniniwalangMay oras [...]

Beyond the White Wall

It starts slowly and we know we’re gonna be
Savages
Tonight.
I drink
The thousand wells of your mouth;
You’ll be slithering in me — slippery, sucking, suddenly biting,
Marking me with bright red blood,
Sending me into convulsions. Teeth gnashing, I try painfully
Not to tear the soft flesh
Off
your damp lips.
Oh, I’ll swallow you for keeps
Stick every strand of my hair into [...]

I’m Interrupting Everything Here to Say that I Have the Best Girlfriend in the Whole Damn Universe and I Feel So Privileged to Be With Her. I Love Her so Much I Can’t Really Think of Anything Stupid to Write. Chemae, I Love You With All of My Childish, Cheesy Sometimes Cruel Heart.

Acne Absence

I used to have so many pimples, I’d have 2 or 3 new pimples after 9 hours of work. Those pimples would stay on my face for 2 or 3 days. The nastiest of them would reside for months, usually the ones that got infected and secreted blood and pus. Merciful ones stayed for a [...]

Life is Grey Without Her

Life is grey without her. Walking is exhausting without her. I stepped out of our house this morning, tried to welcome the day half-smiling but I knew even then that those hours were disposable. Their only value lies in the fact that they might be bringing me closer to her. And so with time decaying [...]

Blue Waffle Welcomes Me Back

I’m on the 27th floor, writing newsletters for the company and blogs for myself.

It’s been almost a month now since I returned to the Blue Waffle Building. My comeback was mostly a silent operation since I didn’t want people to ask too many questions what happened to me. I appreciate some of the curiosity though [...]

Throw Away After Reading

Something is definitely wrong with this world. I mean, how could it be so hard to just be with you? That should have been simpler than one and one is two, but god, look at me, I’m withering. There should have been just two things here: you and me, and all that’s magical and beautifully [...]