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a matter of distinction: June 2012
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Sunday, June 17, 2012. Cristina barely smiled when I walked in. She pretended to re-arrange the stack of glass coasters on the coffee table. I walked towards her. She straightened up and looked at me like I was a complete surprise which of course I wasn’t: they were expecting me. I extended my hand to shake hers, “How are you, Cristina? 8221; I said. She limply took my hand, like I was some kind of a leper or something. I asked permission ...
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a matter of distinction: November 2011
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Friday, November 18, 2011. Why is it that you do not make my heart beat faster now that we're together? I swear we are two different people from last spring - when I was so excited to hear your voice, when I missed you when you didn't call or text me, when just the mere ringing of the phone filled me with anticipation and imagining it was you calling. I laugh so loud after I get out of the room and close the door. Good thing the pool i...
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a matter of distinction: December 2011
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Saturday, December 31, 2011. It's just another new year's eve. The text message came at almost seven this morning. "Happy new year," it said. I knew who sent it. My mind went back to that last morning that Benjamin and I went jogging by the seaside, the sunrise shining on Manila Bay whose waters sparkle under the blue sky. What if it had been us? He said, lips smiling, but his eyes almost seemed sad. You know I am not like that.". I said i...
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a matter of distinction: a family portrait
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Sunday, June 17, 2012. Cristina barely smiled when I walked in. She pretended to re-arrange the stack of glass coasters on the coffee table. I walked towards her. She straightened up and looked at me like I was a complete surprise which of course I wasn’t: they were expecting me. I extended my hand to shake hers, “How are you, Cristina? 8221; I said. She limply took my hand, like I was some kind of a leper or something. I asked permission ...
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Savvy Blak: Overgrown Gardens and Overworked Ancestors
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Stuff about Writing, Indigenous arts, Blakness, and stuff. Saturday, 26 March 2011. Overgrown Gardens and Overworked Ancestors. Not sure where the energy came from but somehow I was moved to cut back the Bougainvillea which has frozen up the hills hoist. Underneath the green canopy is a thick tangle of dead brambles. I started in with the secateurs but had to resort to the lopping shears to make any progress. South Sea Islanders in Queensland cane fields. The recently appointed Minister for Justice for V...
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a matter of distinction: billy and the purple cow
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Friday, August 1, 2014. Billy and the purple cow. Billy doesn't smile. he doesn't talk to anyone. it's not that he can't talk, he just stopped talking ever since his mommy died. when he is at school, he goes about the activities quietly. his classmates have learned to accept that although he plays with them, he just wouldn't talk. The other children laugh, too. billy shrugs his shoulders and stays where the purple cow is displayed. It says...
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a matter of distinction: August 2014
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Friday, August 1, 2014. Billy and the purple cow. Billy doesn't smile. he doesn't talk to anyone. it's not that he can't talk, he just stopped talking ever since his mommy died. when he is at school, he goes about the activities quietly. his classmates have learned to accept that although he plays with them, he just wouldn't talk. The other children laugh, too. billy shrugs his shoulders and stays where the purple cow is displayed. It says...
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a matter of distinction: disappointment
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Friday, November 18, 2011. Why is it that you do not make my heart beat faster now that we're together? I swear we are two different people from last spring - when I was so excited to hear your voice, when I missed you when you didn't call or text me, when just the mere ringing of the phone filled me with anticipation and imagining it was you calling. I laugh so loud after I get out of the room and close the door. Good thing the pool i...
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a matter of distinction: July 2013
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A matter of distinction. Here, i rendezvous with my writing muse. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The last three mornings, I woke up at exactly 6:27 on the clock, from the same dream. I am walking on flood water, my feet are tired, which means I have been walking for quite a while. Strange thing about the flood water, it is clear; clear like tap water. I hear the jingling of coins and I look around and there are dimes and nickels everywhere. Why the sad face? In the shower, it came to me. A realization. ...A tot...
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