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Holding Smiles 14 Aug 2012 | 03:06 am
I held my smile while I cursed the corner of my right eye. Hardheaded eye, I thought, seriously considering getting a damn eye patch, or just moving away from where I stood, but decided against both i...
Saving Heroes 7 Aug 2012 | 06:54 am
Looking back, I did remember the bright light hitting her face like a Rembrandt. Her hair, in a perpetual bun, glowed an extra glow. Her lips were in a withdrawn line, her naturally thin eyebrows almo...
Counting 16 Apr 2012 | 07:17 am
Approximately fifteen seconds after 1:35 in the morning, Belle’s vent machine talked to me. Its green, blinking light went up and down as Belle’s mouth simultaneously opened and closed in tune with th...
Attention 4 Mar 2012 | 05:41 pm
Today I looked at my garbage bin It was full, it was brimming The flies were all swarming Dancing, copulating Right next to my dining table My table, with the red table cloth I bought last winte...
The Pigeon Girls of Neverland 25 Jul 2010 | 03:50 pm
Two ladies passed by me today to find a vacant bench on this small Brooklyn park. They looked at me with contempt. I don’t blame them. Sitting next to me are my three-year old brown loafers, my back...
The Day Madison Blue Left 28 Mar 2010 | 07:00 am
By Pol Arellano Madison, that’s her name. She stirs my metaphorical cup of joe, if you will; she is fine, so fine. Madison goes for a daily swim in my mind as I ride my beat up car to work. There, I...
My Kite 30 Oct 2009 | 11:45 am
By Pol Arellano An inner child’s view of love and possession. I was getting worried I thought my kite wouldn’t make it But then I saw its tail flutter Like a butterfly in heat Amongst the ink-bl...
The Meek Man Who Could 29 Sep 2009 | 03:40 pm
By Pol Arellano He’s meek, this man; the man who could And all who walk like he be should He captures light and traps each beam And puts the Lord on prime esteem Good odes he keeps in heart and m...
On Lost Things and Insomnia. 28 Aug 2009 | 07:08 am
By Pol Arellano Some people get angry when strangers open their mail. Seeing their husbands getting it on with their blonde dental hygienists does it for most 30-something, middle-class wives. Me, I...
Silangan. (East) 10 Aug 2009 | 02:50 pm
By Pauline Arellano