To prevent clogging
of my throat, please
follow this advisory:
1) I can eat anything
as long as it passes
through your mouth.
2) Flush me after using.
Kindly do it gently, and
repeatedly until I burp.
Be guided accordingly.
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RAUL G. MOLDEZ works with the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod
of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. With an AB English (cum laude)
degree from Liceo de Cagayan (now a university), he writes poetry
and fiction in English and Cebuano. Some of his works have appeared
in Home Life, Philippines Free Press, Bisaya, Ani 27, Sun.Star Superbalita,
Sun.Star Weekend, Sunday Times Magazine, Poetry.com, Likhaan Online,
Future Pinoy, Pen Pushers, Bugs and Bytes, A Critical Survey of Philippine
Literature and Dalityapi, among other publications and online magazines.
He was a fellow to the Fourth Iligan National Writers Workshop (1997)
and the 37th UP National Writers Workshop (2000). In 2001, he won
Third Prize in Home Life Poetry Competition (English Division). His
poetry collection is among the books to be published by the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under its Ubod: New Authors
Series project.
