Month: July 2013
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28 Things I Love About Neil
I’ve got 28 minutes to prove how special Neil is to me. This is going to be snappy because we don’t have much time before Neil turns 28. Not that he’s going to turn into a monster at this age. That’s not a valid premonition. Bear with the run-on sentences, invalid clauses and other grammatical…
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How to Matter in this World and Beyond
Death was staring at me as I flipped to the right side of my tiny bed. A black figure loomed in front of me, humming something I couldn’t make out. It sounded clearer as it drew closer: “Where is your soul going?” I had an evangelist for a sister so I thought it must be…
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Kiwi POV
POV is an acronym for Point of View, not my surname. Though Pov could have given Kiwi,my first name, a touch of Dutch or French. The ending voiced labiodental fricative or simply ‘v’ would have promptly put me in Science and Arts Hall of Fame. So I just frustratingly told you, I’m Kiwi not Pov. I have…
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The Water-Seller’s Golden Children
Cracked heels, sun-burnt skin, worn-out top siders and sweat-drenched clothes made Sally a frequent subject of her neighbors’ compassion, if not, gossip. Day in, day out, she pushed her crumbling cart filled with eight 5-gallon containers of potable water and distributed them to houses for 5 pesos each. This task looked deceptively easy, but in reality,…
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Celestial Space With You
Celestial bliss is what I feel, Everytime we’re together in that third space, We chuckle like crazy at frivolous things, We plotted getaways no super spy can unveil. If this romance is insane, it’s also fortuitous.. That we found each other in that ethereal space, where “I’m your best friend and you’re my second…