In the jeepney: Cuts and creases

When hair is cut
to keep it from growing too long.

When wings are sheared and clipped
to keep us from the sun
to grow them again
and we take off from ground again
or leap off from cliffs
and not know where we land

again
again
again


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Lake

When you forget what waves you can make.
When all of a sudden a familiar boat skims through your surface
And the oars course ripples through you
(A full moon pulling tides)
and you feel excited and scared
knowing exactly what can do that to you