2009 January 24 | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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A FAR-AWAY FATHER’S ADVICE TO HIS SON WHO IS ABOUT TO BE CIRCUMCISED

Being done without anesthesiaand having experienced it myself,I can tell you how painful it is.But I will not dissuade youto undergo such ritual,the boys' only rightrite of passage to manhood.It's once in a lifetime, after all.As you brave the scalpelof ...

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SEARCHLIGHT

I cast safety over the quadrangle. Andflash away light to assist watchmenin crippling inmates from going out.I scan every nook and cranny, sweepthe horizon to extinguish the darkthat solicits blueprint for an escape.Every night, I elongate my leg.But I cannot stretch it far ...