I Wish I Was A Rampaging Queen: December 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Gnarled

Limbs stretched wide

Shielding and protecting

I sit beneath

Happily content

Knowing

You are there

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015

The News

The dark

Seductively called her name

She welcomed its comfort

With opened arms

He's dead

In the cold

Dank blackness

Of her mind

The news

Collapsed

Like a heavy stone

Spiraling down

Into grey gloppy matter

Leaving both

The sensations

Of devastation

And elation

She huddled

Fetal position

Face buried amid

Elbows and knees

Hands spotless

She was pleased

Wild eyes

Staring through

Inky skies

Sparkled with

Starry hope

She didn't have

To tie the rope

Between them

The dropped shoe

They both knew

Vengeance

Was due

The corners

Of her bow shaped lips

Twitched

Into a feral grin

Tonight

She will celebrate

With her old friends

Tonic and Gin

He's dead

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

This is the moringa oleifera or what the locals in PI call kamunggay or malunggay. Most everyone grows this wonderful tree in their yard. Though delicate and fragile looking they are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, it's considered a superfood. They add the tiny green leaves to soups, omelettes, spaghetti as well as other dishes. They are delicious! The pods that grow from the trees are also edible, the first year's growth but subsequent growths become bitter over time. I haven't had the pleasure of trying the pods yet but I will eventually. Yummy stuff!