Freesia

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It is with you,
Ever patient,
Faithful and enduring,
Waiting springs to come to bloom;
 
And I,
Impatient,
Insistent and
In love as I am
Budging against uncertainties
Cutting loose.
 
Or at least,
We used to.
 
For what we are, I guess,
Is the product of a choice,
Of time,
Of fate,
And of compromise.
 
For what ever, indeed,
In the world could make
An angel
In the humble semblance of a [...]

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Reality Check

Hello there. I’m Dexter. Twenty. You know, the unidentified flying object floating around in your maths class? Right! I’m the one whose face grimaces like there’s always something foul-smelling under my nose. Remember me? Hey! It’s very nice to meet you, yeah?
So how’s it going? I just thought it’d be cool to get to know [...]

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The Faith Factor

A couple of months back, when mom was still pretty conscious of filling the whole unit with an eighty decibel audio from whatever it was that she was watching at that particular moment, I heard Kris Aquino over the tube. It was on one of those considerably less stressful Sunday afternoons, me headset-free and what-not, [...]

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The Way of the Kelly

Walk. Past the roulette. Past the slot machine. Against the crowd.

“Can I interest you in a game, sir?” Think. Think it over. What the heck? Nod.

Sit down. Look to your right. Hawaiian shirt. Look to your left. A diamond necklace. Look around. People are watching.

Place your ante. One. Two. Five red chips.

Shuffle. Pffffffffrt. Again. Pffffffffrt. [...]

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Transcripts From The Once and Future Dream

Thanks for taking the time to take this interview with us. We know you’ve been very tired through all the campaigning.

No, no, the pleasure’s all mine.

Well, first of all, congratulations on your victory this afternoon. How does it feel?

I guess ‘shocked’ would be an overused word, though, then again, that’s exactly how [...]

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