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Evangeline Novio Poem
Marks.
Ugly
Mesmerized
My untrained eyes.
Holding breath, traced the extent of conflicts
Of veins crisscrossing like cracks on the floor.
After the quake
Prominent
Gaping
Yawn.
Bold
Boring
Deep into
My closed navel.
Worn like a badge of courage for my young.
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Evangeline Novio Poem
Mother, did you mind whenever I lose
patience at your antics? When I frown and
get mad whenever you aim your blue
slippers and hit my face right
on target? When you don't have anything
more to throw because they're all by
my side? When you made all
Sorts of noise because nobody's
looking at you? Have you all counted now
the bulbs at the ceiling and the sunflowers
painted on your placemat?
Do you call me by my name now?
Should I put this fresh Ylang-ylang by your
ears or this single Sampaguita?
Carry on with your song, Mother.
Yesterday I brought home a slice of your
favorite bread and rushed to give you. I didn't
find you at your sofa. The lump in my
throat took time to subside.
...and Mother, I miss you. Yes, I sincerely do.
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Evangeline Novio Poem
Breeze blew dark cobwebs
As loathsome monologues crawled
Out of her cracked brain.
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Evangeline Novio Poem
Passive resistance
Expelled uncharted voyage
Miserably failed.
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Evangeline Novio Poem
Am I so naïve that I will not know when
Glow worms beckoned me to a velvet trough?
Incantations this pink, yellow and green combo
Lingered on; turned into whispers of restless shadows,
Deluded my senses like a yo-yo as
Euphoria coursed through my vein in a
Distended logic of the flesh. Yet as my
Cosmic dust navigate mercilessly into this chasm,
A disturbed soul, unfettered no face no essence,
Guileless, gibberish looked back with
Eyes devoid of emotions dulled into a welcome stupor.
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