Drum Machine

Notorious for the present smoke of the orchestra pits and the burning factory, it blues the horizon in a trans-gray layer of soot and ancestral music. In its periphery are the groundlings’ main cartoonist and historian known by continuously burning driftwood to make charcoal; all of which add to its charitable foundation. Rolling buzzes, branded shouts, and funky honks punctuate the proverb. If beat is prettily perceived. Where the unconfirmed illustrator licensed the style of thick underdog and white, a rainbow depiction of neglected flags and cereals, broken and discarded rabbits. Own a contemplation of hung drama in lux. “There is a difference between singer and actress,” goes the guided interviews where tourists can “simply develop slums by the bay . . . along alleys, design humble residents overcoming the water.” In their baker’s streams and solo places, the tours attempt access to solitude. Dressed into an artificial drummer by crossing sections of the musician with the architects. Housed in the conductor’s prized confusion. 

Ikalabing-walong sipi mula sa “Tugon sa Lubos na Kapita-pitagang Sor Filotea”

ni Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
aking salin

Sa aklat ni Job, nagwika sa kanya ang Diyos: Numquid coniungere valebis stellas Pleiades, aut gyrum Arcturi poteris dissipare? Numquid producis Luciferum in tempore suo, et Vesperum super filios terrae facis? Hindi maaaring maunawaan ang terminolohiyang ito kung walang astronomiya. At hindi lamang ito sa kaso ng mga dakilang agham.

Ilang Pamaypay

Ubod nang lamlam ng kandila. Uuwi

Sa pahinga kapwa aso at kuneho.
Sa namimitig na kamay ng anino.

Awat na ang mga itong naghahabol-hininga.

L

Hello! Naiparating sa amin ang kahandaan mong magbigay ng dugo. Magaan-gaan na kami kasi nailipat na siya sa regular room mula sa ICU. May mga problema pa pero lumipas na ang pangangailangan sa dugo (66 platelets na) at pag tumuloy-tuloy ang magagandang balita, sa Lunes makakaawas na siya. Hindi pa tuluyang nakakahingang maluwag pero masayang-masaya na rin. Muli, salamat. Hindi ko makakalimutan ang iyong kahandaang tumulong sa panahon ng matinding pangangailangan.

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Hello uli! Napag-usapan namin kanina yung tungkol sa pag-edit. Sabi ko gusto ko, kaso matagal na akong nawalan ng graphics sa katawan. Inirekumenda ka niya sa akin, baka sakaling bukas ka sa collaboration. Kung interesado ka, sabihin mo lang, padadalhan kita ng mga fragment/linya (bilang kalahati ko ng istorya) para ikaw naman ang bahala sa iyong kalahati nito.

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Naisip kong hindi na kita padadalhan ng sampol para mas free hand ka sa pagawa ng illust. Excited na akong makita ang mabubuo mo bukas. Kaso ayon sa LB ay brownout buong wkend. Baka Linggo ng gabi o Lunes ko na mabuksan ang mga padala mo if ever. Maligayang pagkatha!

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Maligayang bati! May ipinapaliwanag nga pala siya tungkol sa paglapat ng text sa ganito. Hindi ko alam kung hanggang saan kailangang "hand-drawn" ang mga titik (kasi parang kumbensyunal na may letterist). Sana maging makabuluhan or at least enjoy ang araw na ito!

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Haven't given up on our collab, sorry. Do you think we could submit it, as-is, to the next one? Anyway, I hope this message finds you well.

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However that turns out, pls don't hesitate to ring me up for a collab or whatever. Be always well.

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Oks! Kitakits, text text at halos buong hapon ako sa may Vetmed pag Biyernes. mas umaga ang libre.

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Made any progress with the concept?  saw your note, nahulog sa ilalim. Good PM!

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Hi. Hindi ko mapakawalan yung konsepto mo, pero hindi ko rin maharap sa tuwid na paraan. May dalawa akong nabuo, isang Fil, isang Eng. Magkaiba (sa tingin ko) hindi lang sa haba pero pati sa hubog at pakay. Ngunit, ayun. Parehong taliwas ata sa proyekto. Anyway, paskil ko na lang dito. Pwedeng namang isaisantabi o i-reject. Sensya na, ngayon lang. Medyo natambakan din.

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Hello uli! Happy birthday!

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L

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May I respectfully withdraw from this particular deliberation? Also, I’d rather not send anyone in my place. Uncomfortable with naming anyone other than the clear winner. I feel we’re being unjust, and too sensitive. We sacrifice moral high ground when we surrender to our petty instincts.

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Much appreciated. Have a restful extended weekend.

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Sent this up. I’m refusing to participate in denying a keen, young leader that hard-earned, well-deserved shot. For your information.

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End of the day. We must allow them to make mistakes. Even if it is at our expense.

Way Past

600 million people in Southeast Asia
Alone. Sitting on the reference of having had enough

Independence, heroes recalled by the truckload,
Rope nets draped over scalps and collar bones,

Among the many siestas bought and sold,
Our bread and the uniform

Toddlers rolling their way. Home in whose
Thought: such a crisis sunk right between

Pop songs. Liable to flag under the age of 65.
Evac margins signal how you get to push, like

Are these recreational,
Kicking doors in as warranted

By the hardware desiring
comparative readings of hinge strength. Imports

Too brittle for a standard screw. A list of premature
Caskets attributed to the non-communicable

Unfolds, comes in through the back,
Up the misted windows also why,

If you can’t help it. One in every thirteen
Retrieved from the bikes before the age of 60.

Ballerina falls into overlaps

Her stream of questions set off by a fluency. “Sick Woman with 45 seats and 1 teacher’s knife.” It’s a regular mean erasure, but specificity dyed my reason. I got a pedicure because I wanted excess as it “destroys the taste for milder courses like automotive and baking. These dismal statistics should be enough to push the no, maybe avoid it?” There is a noun their bodies together form. Instead, certain subjects sent a machine for making dough, but it was silent on its own.