How I Affirm That This is All Real
written by: Karlo Sevilla
@KarloSevilla2
Barefoot with a glass of water in my hand,
I stand by our dining table and curl
my left big toe against the wooden floor—hard!
—and feel the solidity rise and press back
my gelatinous flesh until it meets
the phalangeal density
to steady me.
Karlo Sevilla is a freelance writer who lives in Quezon City, Philippines. His poems have appeared in Philippines Graphic, Spillwords, Radius, Yellow Chair Review, Beneath the Rainbow, an Origami Poems Project microchap, in the respective first anthologies of Peacock Journal, Riverfeet Press, and Eternal Remedy, and elsewhere. He also coaches wrestling, trains in Brazilian Luta Livre, and does volunteer work for the labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Solidarity of Filipino Workers).
Latest posts by Karlo Sevilla (see all)
- How I Affirm That This is All Real - April 2, 2023
- The Last Shape Poem - September 16, 2017
- Summer Plunge - January 11, 2017
