Today

Talk to a bird
about god.

Today

Today

Play the organ
to someone's
not speaking.

Today

Finish a marathon
you never began.

Today

Close your eyes
and see the sweet
order of things.

Today

Shake a friend
until a fruit falls off.

Shake a tree
until it speaks.

Today

Shake a friend
until a fruit falls off.

Shake a tree
until it speaks.

Today

open

Column's Out

"Uptown with my Mother" came out yesterday :-)

thanks sunstar!

here goes

Today

Rely entirely
on someone's version
of a story.

Today

Allow someone
you haven't met
to remind you
about yourself.

Today

Begin something
that will never be finished.

Today

For a moment,
forgo the idea of marriage
and watch two strangers
eat breakfast at the table
for the rest of their lives.

Today

Follow the path
a stray bird makes
in the house of your life.

Today

Turn on
all the lights of the house
except one.

Turn off
all the lights of the house
except one.

Welcome the sun.

Today

Stay indoors,
but be wet
wet with the sound
of the rain.

Today

Let the whims
of the weather
do the real thinking.

Today

Switch names with your city.

That way:

Cebu was born and grew up in Larry.
Cebu left Larry when it was 16.

Sometimes, on rainy nights, Cebu remembers Larry the way he used to be.

Cebu hates leaving Larry.

Today

Forget the face.

Know thy friends
by their feet.

Uptown with My Mom

Unfortunately, Sunstar Weekend failed to come out with my column for this weekend, which was about my mother, and which I was hoping would come out right in time for Mother's Day.

So while I decide what to do with this already written piece, I'm posting it in my multiply account: llacambra.mutiply.com

This is obviously for you mom, Happy Mother's Day. I Love you!

And Happy Mother's Day to everyone! Mother or not :-)

Today

Pretend you are exactly
what people think you are.

Today

Listen to a song
in a language that is completely foreign.

That way you're sure
you won't understand.

Listen to a friend's
favorite song in a foreign language.

That way you know
it's not about you.

Today

Mistake the ringing of the phone
for the dripping of water
in a deep well.

When you answer the call,
instead of talking
start drinking
water.

Today

Talk to a stranger
like he's you're friend.

Don't talk
to strangers.

Today

Walk around town
without a personality.

Today

Ask your father
to name the flowers.

Today

Go to a strange place
and pretend it's home.

Go home
and get lost.

In a past life

Degas degas degas!

What grammar school didn't teach me

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/weekend/05-03-2008/dog%20ears.html

Oh academia! How I hate and miss you!

Today

Watch a lover
wear your favorite shirt.

Know first-hand
what it feels like
to love yourself.

Today

Covet thy neighbor's
pink umbrella
at mass.

Walk home
opening and closing it
in your mind.

Today

Borrow someone else's words.

Rumi Today:

Die
and be quiet.

Mariah Today:

Touch
my body.

Today

Swim under the stars
in the middle of the day.

Today

Believe
what you believe in.

Run for dear life
among the dead.