She Thinks You're Too Tall

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© 2008 - Ben Heine

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sHe, bAres anD
broWns for yOu
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By Kristine Buenavista (*)

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she is a dying bridge
that coils at night to
hide your bicycle traces
because at dawn,
the pedals are owned by a circus.

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she's told that you climbed a mountain
between Antique and Igbaras
and picked a grass,
named it after her.

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you begged to learn poetry
but she pinched your nose and exclaimed:
"Paint your face on my skin. Your heart on my cleavage."

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you gave her an anklet.
she lost it because she was jumping
up to the ceiling.

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she thinks you're too tall,
that's all.

F

fcuk you.
Oops.

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(*) Kristine Buenavista is a poetess living in the Philippines.

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- Collapse On Your Palm -
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© 2007 - Ben Heine

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Die In His Fingers

By Kristine Buenavista (*)

If I was made to be destroyed, I want to collapse
on your palms, only yours
for they are the gateway to a better world
more responsible politics
more beautiful view of the Arts.

If I graced the Earth to be frozen, I wish to be
the woman on your caricatures.
You can draw me without a face, without a name
but I yearn for you to think of me as
you push that pencil and create
a masterpiece.

You, you are the Philippine sea
carrier of storms and cradle of the vast
where I always stand on its shores

where I soak my toes on its cold sand
where I dream of reaching places

without drowning
without drifting

If there is a need for me to experience
both

By all means, I am willing
as long as it brings me

on your
toes.

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(*) Kristine Buenavista is a poetess living in the Philippines. She recently sent me this lovely poem and this is how I wanted to illustrate her verses. Thank you Kristine. I'm very honored. You're truly talented.

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"In His Fingers"
.© 2007 - Ben Heine

Black/white version of a colored cartoon
that will be published here very soon.
The woman is Kristine Buenavista,
a poetess living in the Philippines.
I will also publish a beautiful poem
she wrote to illustrate this drawing.

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