the adobo simmers
in the rice cooker
window sunbeams

-Anthony Q. Rabang

gentle wind –
the moon listens
to my stories

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jeepney stop
a warm, fresh aroma drifting
from the panaderya

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cobbled street –
a horse licks
the ice cream spill

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children’s park
glowing in their eyes
salinggogon cymes

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school festival
here and there
kulintang tunes

-Anthony Q. Rabang

kite festival –
my whole crayon set
up in the sky

Anthony Q. Rabang

ukay-ukay store
mix-and-matching clothes
in mismatched Jordans

-Anthony Q. Rabang

inabel blanket
an infant soothed by
the milky way

-Anthony Q. Rabang

still under
the colonizer’s watch
ceiling fresco

-Anthony Q. Rabang

old wallet
the disintegrating
bus tickets

-Anthony Q. Rabang

silent rain
grandma weaves
war memories

-Anthony Q. Rabang

heritage house
kudzu vines reclaim
the window box

-Anthony Q. Rabang

sunset bay –
a street sweeper collects
what remains of the day

-Anthony Q. Rabang