notorious

Written by . Posted on February 7, 2009. Filed under the salve. Tagged , , . No comments.

i offer my wrists, my neck, anything they want. for they…are hot demi-gods of chinatown. my life…it has changed.

homesick

Written by . Posted on January 31, 2009. Filed under filipiana, question for the void, the salve. Tagged , , , . No comments.

i like to think that home is new york. my immediate family is peppered along the eastern seaboard, all within a few hours’ drive from each other, just close enough not to be a constant … Read More →

it lives

Written by . Posted on January 29, 2009. Filed under the salve. Tagged , , . No comments.

the city is a living, breathing creature: the vendor in his miniscule hutch, hawking his wares to the world near the corner of st. marks and third avenue, a stereo blasting a variety of hip-hop, … Read More →

happy inauguration day

Written by . Posted on January 20, 2009. Filed under the salve. Tagged , , . No comments.

i’ll be at work, but my boss will have the tv on. essentially a less-than-usually-productive day. i’ll be celebrating. will you?

the start of a new year

Written by . Posted on January 6, 2009. Filed under the salve. Tagged . No comments.

one thing about having siblings with children: they have children. and those children–they infect you. a wee germ on a wee, lispy bit means practically nothing. the wee, lispy bit will still run around as … Read More →

in sum

Written by . Posted on December 31, 2008. Filed under the salve. Tagged , . No comments.

a lot of things happened this year. i quit the job i had for the past three years and eight months, then spent the first two months of 2008 unemployed. i was lucky to have … Read More →

i am ninoy

Written by . Posted on December 26, 2008. Filed under filipiana. Tagged , , , . No comments.

i’ve been here in the united states for twenty-four years. when i left home—the home of my early childhood, of days playing with my cousins next door and being scolded by my aunts and chased … Read More →