xxx

There is a fine line
between love
and hate.

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You have just crossed it.

Para sa iyo

Valentine
Carol Ann Duffy

Not a red rose or a satin heart.

I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

I am trying to be truthful.

Not a cute card or a kissogram.

I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.

Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring,
if you like.

Lethal.
Its scent will cling to your fingers,
cling to your knife.

Kaya naman pala

[from the Department of Health]

National Mental Retardation Week
14-18 February 2008

Ay susginoo! Kaya naman pala naglalabasan lahat ng aking psychoses at personality disorders! Nakiki-celebrate!

:D

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My sky is falling