There are many, many more poems I would have loved to cite. But I’m sorry if this letter has gone on for too long. Confession: I have no idea how to end it. You were always good at climaxes. Wait, scratch that. Bad pun. Some wise man once said that in the end, words are all we have. I am so embarrassed to tell you that right now I’m running out of them.
I’ll get back to you again.
Your pale boy tripping shyly across the lean years,
Lourd
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Lourd de Veyra wrote this touching piece on Ophelia Alcantara- Dimalanta a few months before she died on November 4, 2010. After college de Veyra worked as staff writer in the lifestyle section of Today, while not neglecting to pleasure the muse with “ intimate effu- sions” of his reflective, provocative poetry. De Veyra is guitarist and vocalist of the popular rock band Radioactive Sago Project. He has recorded a hit song , the political-satire rap “Gusto Ko ng Baboy,” a surprising turn for a Palanca awardee for literature.
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