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Short Stories

1993

“I don’t think you have any idea what you’re reading about. At all.” This I told him, to which he responded with a “I wish you were just beautiful, not beautiful and snarky.” I never thought of myself as such things. My cat stretched, arching its back beside me. I didn’t care much about the […]

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Poetry

Depersonalization

I have a fun little exercise for you! First you’ll need a well-lit room, it doesn’t have to be from fluorescent lighting, it can be from an open window on broad daylight. What’s important is it’s well-lit. Second, you will need a mirror, preferably something you don’t have to hold with your hand. Third, you’d […]

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Snippets from Real Life

Bathrooms

It must be the childhood trauma. There’s something about the smell of liquid disinfectants that excite me to clean bathrooms. My favorite brands would be Dettol, Pine-Sol, and Domex. Here in the Philippines, Dettol is not available in the local supermarkets so I just end up buying Pine-Sol. It’s quite the same in composition, color […]

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