1. Masque you buy clothes you never wear to impress people who don’t care you can’t speak in front of crowds you should get your head checkedyou have blisters on your heels from shoes that refuse to be broken inyou wear makeup to even out your tan certainly not to impress a manyour mirror reflection…

1. Sentimental x Unsentimental The stars in the skies dripped into your eyes like the beautiful ones hold you when you’re done I’m in this for love, not procreation Fallen Angels, righteous sins raptured in this directionbaby it’s you, it’s always been youfrom the moment I breathed you in like a fogtripping in the dark…

1. Where Do I Belong? all my life I straight tripped on who I was was I Filipino, was I American for 28 years I cannot assume either role I was never pigeonholed, but I never belongedmy accent is NorCal, born and bred my height is so misled I eat rice with my hands I…

1. Kiss of Def Forever the Sickest this is how I see myself a little bit cynical always a miracle I learned early on depend on no one but yourself call it a front, call it a shield ain’t no one but me stepping out on the field life is but a dreambut loneliness is…

1. Pomegranate Juice Sweet and sour. Puckered tongues and stained fingertips. I had a great line here, but I deleted it in revision. I tend to ramble, and I drop in images from things I’ve learned. And I’ve learned a lot. So much crime in the world today. Makes me want to hide under the…