Tattoos, Travels, and Tidbits
(Semi) Cheap Fun
Month: February 2026
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Author’s Note: Lola means Grandma in Tagalog bittersweet goodbyesI greet a memory of the motherlandbut leave behind my sticky sweet lifeRain starts to fall before I turn away Arriving, the memories come floodingDrops of water turned into mud slides on the hillsit’s monsoon season in the PhilippinesI have to travel homewhich one? I ask myselfBut…
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When you first learn to walk through the tide pools Your body is confused and shaking Adult syndrome tells you Injury is one step away Wet rocks plastered with silken maroon algae After you see the creatures move A hermit crab below the clear water Dancing on the dark red seaweed The soft bodies of…
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