Excerpt from Euphemisms:
women exchanging coffees for euphemisms, bearing
cups around the corner, cargo fragile, walk with balance,
it’s only seven blocks down, don’t look away,
this is where you started, there is no retinal rescue,
not for me, nor for you
Excerpt from Procedure:
the sucking limbs climb out of water,
cracks the shell for meat, sentient enough
to pour in my mouth, right before
I wake up, swallowing the long entire coast
Excerpt from Revelations:
forehead chest shoulder shoulder, utter habit, a jolt wakes
the sleepers who blink, ashamed of open faces, one wails
stop, Drive, no last syllable, the shout drops away to a hush
and the Liffey’s low tide reveals chrome bikes, by the way
Excerpt from Real estatehood:
knotting, falling out, we tip level luscious
the lawn effervescent, a stunner in brick
obsolescence, too much music, cedar solid
Excerpt from “Lumilipad ang isip”:
in the leaves, a fresh green body
patinating verdigris, old chicken feet
simmering in broth, so salty
I can taste nothing else
