Louise Melodine Flores Poems

'Love waits, lust rushes',
some idiot on Instagram preaches.
Or Idstagram, if you will.
I call him one, but it's the truth
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How social is a 'social' dance exactly?
Depending on one's culture, does it vary?
How 'intimate' do you consider intimacy?
Depending on which parts of your body?
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So many more things I would have loved
to share with you.
So many more stories I would have loved
to exchange with you.
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Ang wikang nanlaban,
ay ang wikang nanatili.
Ang wikang di nag-atubili,
ay ang wikang nagwagi.
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You left me in this scene of the crime,
in the mouth of your enemy;
but unbeknownst to you
is an undefeated one.
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For every gaze,
old wounds open once again.

For every unanswered SMS,
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While I return and slow down
to the classics;
the film analog cameras,
vinyl records,
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A line from a favorite movie of mine goes;
'Marriage isn't romantic,
that's why God invented poetry.'
And I could not get it out of my mind.
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The people from your hometown and I
got something big in common;
we always wait for you.
And your words.
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On one Tuesday, you asked me
why I check the words you use,
why I analyze the things you say,
and you also pointed out
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