Sammay

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3 Oct, 2016

self-portrait

2016-10-03T23:40:17-07:00By |Categories: Performing Diaspora|

the days are much longer here. we wake up early. we sleep early and into the night. we dream wild dreams that feel too real but ought not to be. or else. or at least that is the summary of what occurs therein. it's good to hear mom's boisterous laugh. it breaks to hear her cry for her mother. my grandmother. in my dreams i wonder why i do not see her. mom talks about me so much - too much. but such is the homecoming, such is the elongated time of being without

28 Oct, 2016

Eulogy for Lola Cion

2016-11-16T23:09:44-08:00By |Categories: Performing Diaspora, Uncategorized|

I will never forget the moment I met you. Really met you. It was just 2 ½ years ago. I was 22 years old and although I had visited you when I was three and again when I was sixteen… I really never met you until I was 22. I had just returned from Mindanao… we weren’t sure if I’d make it – time was tight and the weather was uncertain. But it was important to me and Aunty Sis

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