(English) Maybe

---by Dennis Carlo Premacio---

maybe it was love;

or maybe it was because

i ate six chicken drumsticks bathed

in high-fat cooking oil

that my heart started

acting like

shit.

maybe it was love;

or maybe my left atrium

got tired and

skipped a 

beat.

maybe it was love;

or maybe I love

the idea of

it.

maybe it was love

just like the day I saw your Chinese eyes

and olive-scented hair

and that serial smile

and turquoise fingernails.

maybe it was love.

maybe it is.

or maybe.