You fly 4 hours to your mother’s province whereat lunch, your family listens to the chismis of the barrio while you speak to the itlog and the bagoong and last night’s rice,to the bangus on your plate that your mom debones…
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Via Justine De Fant is an emerging Filipina poet with an MA in Literature from the University of Guam. Her writing explores themes of identity, adulthood, language and connection, and can be found in Dead Peasant, Micronesian Educator, and a forthcoming issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. You can find her lounging beneath the arches of her mother's plumeria tree or on Instagram at @a_coldroom_poetry.