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September 15, 2019

The Weekend Closing #151: Hello, God? Are You there?

They always ask the good questions. Tough ones. Ones that’ll make me fidget and think, “Oh, boy. I know this feeling. I’ve been there once, but I never got to ask these questions before.” Because, frankly, I never had someone

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September 8, 2019

The Weekend Closing #150, In Three Parts

There are lights snuffed and lights about to be snuffed; this week, I found myself looking at the melted candles, wondering the traces of warmth in them. The could have beens. The what ifs. But there’s no pondering now. Only

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September 1, 2019

The Weekend Closing #149, a.k.a. Starting September

It’s September and there are things I have to accept. One, I have grown wider. Most of my old clothes don’t fit. My skin bulked up and grew thicker, taking place of the flimsy bones, the easily-wounded flesh. My arms

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August 18, 2019

The Weekend Closing #148: Bonjour, Mang Benny

We did not know his name when we stepped into his tricycle. All I know was we’re late, and the other tricycle boy forfeited his chance for some reason I didn’t know. I greeted him in the same fashion, “Tatay,

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August 11, 2019

The Weekend Closing #147: Eleven, Eleven

A.k.a. eleven for August 11. It started after a short walk. Or a semi-long walk. Under the rain, under a beaten umbrella that turns upside down at the huff of a strong wind. I got back to the church carrying

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June 30, 2019

The Weekend Closing #146

Excuse me, I’ve caught the I Can Only Write One Thing disease. Believe me, it’s bad. The worse. Like trying to squeeze things out of your head but your entire skull is like a dam that won’t open. And as