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Tag: non-poem

Posted on 2013-12-252022-12-25

A street child’s Christmas

Homeless folk in Metro Manila
Beggar boy on Christmas eve
Beggar boy on Christmas eve

I woke up in the darkest dawn
And found it was not Christmas.
The boxes were all gaily torn
And colors hid in darkness.

Continue reading “A street child’s Christmas”

Posted on 2013-06-282020-11-23

What if I were lost to everyone?

bonfire

What if I were lost for an instant or two,
In the wink of an electron’s eye
Since we are wiggly bits of energy
That leap in and out of quantum lives
As physics tells us we all must be,
Would anyone notice? Would I even know? Continue reading “What if I were lost to everyone?”

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