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LDR: Long Dead Relationship

The night you chose to erase what we had— devices burned like pages; warmth slipped from our hands— you spurned yourself, blind to my incessant weeping, and left me aching enough to sink into numbness.         Five years past the remains,…

1461 Tears

Originally published in Heraldo Filipino Volume 38, Double Issue   On the 3rd of November, Xander’s chest pounded like tomorrow did not exist. As he stood before the cafe’s pane of glass, he gazed upon his own reflection—a series of…