Cavite Overnight

Cavite Overnight

J-Ann Avila

siesta high on hallelujah
after salted egg is overpoured
with Water, the air

smells like nonexistent sea
I breathe in with coffee
—caramel, salted.

and sunlight crawls:
soft, warm, and pure

across our embrace and holy
acoustic strings, my tears 
are iodized on the couch 
we last night shared with ramen
—spicy, mild.

in the fridge, a fish
rests whole and fresh, waiting
to be seasoned by the Salts 
who, for a while, lay side by side
in the cold. 

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J-Ann Avila
Poet

J-Ann has been published in Reporting ASEAN and Philippine Daily Inquirer's Young Blood. She is part of Every Nation Campus, a global movement committed to empower students for LIFE—Leadership, Integrity, Faith, and Excellence. 

Photography by Clay Banks