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Kaitlyn 6d
I see a woman across the street
She's looking my way
I'm hoping she'll head over
I want to say hey

I'll go right instead of left
Since there's a fallen tree
I see a man across the street
Through the window of a bakery

I turned around
She's next in line
Her lips are stained red
Like cherries & wine

Tattoos on his arms
In a black jersey & cargo pants
He's laughing & smiling
While doing a little dance

Pistachio green eyes
I can't help but stare
She's in a pink dress
There are ribbons in her hair

I'm lost in his eyes
Brown like butter toffee
"What can I get you?"
"Just a small coffee."

She's so beautiful
He's so handsome
I wonder if she's single
I wonder if he's single

She's right in front of me
I should ask her on a date
If she says no, that's okay
If she says yes, that'd be great

I ended up here
I should ask him out
I need to take a chance
That's what life is about

"Do you have plans later?"
He asked before I could
"No, I don't."
"Okay, good."

"I wrote my number on your cup."
"I wrote my number on this napkin."
"My name is Jacob."
"My name is Kaitlyn."

"I'm almost finished.
My shift is done at 4."
"That works!
I'll be next door."

I keep checking the clock
Counting down the time
I checked my watch
It's 3:49

11 more minutes
I can't wait to see her
11 more minutes
I can't wait to see him

I'm heading over
You have a ring on your hand
This is perfect
My dream wedding band

It matches the pattern
On your blue & white purse
It's vintage & silver
With engraved flowers

"Do you want to get food?"
"Sure, I could eat."
"We should do something afterwards.
How about pottery?"

"That would be awesome!
I'm so down.
It's on my bucket list!
I know a place in town."

I made a bowl
You made a mug
I walked you home
You gave me a hug

You made a bowl for your cereal
I made a mug for my tea
Little do you know
I don't even like coffee

We talked & joked for hours
I'll always remember
The day I met you
It was the 11th of November

We talked & laughed for hours
I'll never forget
The day I met you
When I walked east instead of west

We said bye
I had a lot of fun
I'm leaving your house
I think you're the one

The way you were glowing
In the light of the moon
You wear your heart on your sleeve
Your kindness can flood a room

I'm heading back to the shop
I go inside
A woman walked up to me
Then said, "I put it aside.

I knew you'd come back!
I had a gut feeling.
She seemed down to earth,
wasn't interested in the bling."

Fast forward 2 years
7 months & 5 days
It's a Friday
June 16th of 2028

I knew you'd be my wife
We're getting married this afternoon
You are my bride
You are my groom

It's the ring I wanted
I begin to weep
"I can't believe you got it!"
Now it's mine to keep

"That blocked pathway
Led me to you.
You're the lighthouse of my universe."
I sealed my vows with "I do."

"3:45 was the time we first met.
The second time was at the store.
I vow to be your best buddy
Today, tomorrow, and forever more."

Everything happens for a reason
What's meant to be will be
Love of one's fate
That's Amor Fati
June 17th - 20th, 2025
all beauty
reveals itself to persistent analysis: wooden chests, bamboo boxes, wooden tea dispensers, wine boxes, although A asserts the priority of the object -- what is called the materialist aesthetic -- in contrast to the idealist anesthetic of B, which privileges the subject (over many objections), nevertheless it's C for containers: boxes, cartons, cases, sacks, bales, pallets, drums; rolling on the floor, difficult-to-handle, ventilated containers or essentially dry vans, but either passively or actively ventilated, either insulated, refrigerated and/or heated for perishable goods; stackable tank containers, for liquids or gases—although mine had folding legs under the frame that moved me between trucks without using a crane—like natural gas, coke or asphalt; gravel; gasoline; cereal grains or non-metallic mineral products; fuel oil, coal, crude petroleum, other foodstuffs; waste and scrap; pharmaceuticals, electronics, motorized vehicles and other machinery (while all this time some D, Meister of Königsberg-type, hand idly stuffed down their trousers, experiences art as a product of--you cannot imagine--the sensual experience of a truth-container: export crating, vacuum packing, railcar loading, skidding, shrink wrapping and others, such as may be removed through analysis. But a real beauty, containerized in the cognitive continent of a broad range of not merely inert objectifications but mountains, trackless oceans, with earrings valued by the subjected in shared abjection and subjugation,  disjointed analysis, of the boxes & crates, pallet boxes, custom crates; pallet racks; skids: custom heat treated wooden crates, in other words
intermodal containers
with squished
air
tubes.
--x--
Almost impossible to finish without addressing the aura of the dearly deported
(crowbars inert on the floors):
if you simply open the doors of the Porsches and get in
(foregoing any escalating small talk)
you wouldn't be
(mutandis mutatis)
dead by now.
Used to bet my life
On when the sun rose and set
Moon gambles on me.
No one important
Slowly go
Seattle rain
Reno snow

Aging. Aging.
Never know
Fatherhood
Tokyo

          So ...
Sa Pinas pagdating ng election
Sobrang dami ng option,
Sobrang dami ng intention,
Number one ang corruption

Ibobo'to kasi sikat ang personalidad,
Pero ang totoo 'di alam ang background
Ganyan ang kalakaran patungo sa pag unlad
Hindi lahat malinaw, hindi lahat nilalahad

Sa ating paglalakad malapit na mabutas ang tsinelas
Sa sobrang kasipagan ang dami ng kaltas
Mahirap pa rin tayo kahit lumaban ng patas
Sistemang 'di maayos ganyan ba ang bagong Pilipinas?

Sa paglipas ng panahon para pa rin sisiw
Na may kulay sa kahon at nakakaaliw
Maraming tanong ang tao, aking giliw
Bayang magiliw? o Bayang 'di magiliw?
Bakal, bote, plastic, yero, ang aking sinisigaw
Sa kalye 'di karangyaan kahit nakaka uhaw
Sige ang padyak ng paa umulan o umaraw
Kung para sa pamilya 'di ako bibitaw

Sa manubela ang kapit ng kamay na makalyo
'Tila nobela ang sinapit dahil ako'y pasmado
Aking dalangin sa maykapal habang hawak ang rosaryo
Sana'y makarami ng kalakal ngunit 'di pa sigurado

Per kilo ang bayaran ng tanso, bakal at plastic
Per piraso ang bote pero 'di kasama may litik
'Di ako titigil hanggang ang puno, sa bunga ay hitik
Kung para sa pamilya handang maging automatic

Aking pinupulot mga gamit na pwedi pa,
Kung itatapon lang din ay sayang, diba?
Wala na akong pakialam mahawakan ay kalawang
Kung kapalit naman ay pera 'di ako manghihinayang
Sa'twing gigising sa umaga pasalamat sa taas
Kay God dahil binigyan ako ng panibagong lakas
Ang diwa ko'y ginising mo 'di na ako aantras
Kasi lagi ka nandyan kahit malamig o mabanas

Kaya halika samahan mo ako mag-almusal
Kaning Sinangag, Kape, Itlog at Pandesal
Busog na ako kaysa mga pagkaing mahal
Mahalaga ang kalusugan para buhay tumagal

Kaysarap maligo tipong natanggal ang libag
Magbihis ng damit at ako sayo'y mag hug
Kapag sa byahe lagi akong mag ingat
Alam ko sa paligid may panganib na kaharap

Sa bawat hakbang ng paa ang katawan ay umaangat
Mga mata'y tumitingin sa kaliwa't kanan at sa harap
Naglalakbay dala ang husay, talino at pangarap
Ngunit 'di bitbit ang bag na may lamang negatibo at bad
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