Items inside my grandfather's bedroom remind me of his place in the world
Territorial markings. As a kid I learned that these are what animals are good at making. Sometimes, I thought, maybe these make up for their inability to speak. As a kid I also learned that animals had lived on Earth before we did. Territorial markings. It’s crazy how these were needed to be planted, as if animals thought we would eventually forget how they were here first.
Two days after Tatay’s death, I tried writing a Facebook essay for him. Before posting, I left a quick “I love you” in the end. Then my younger cousin, who was right beside me, curiously asked, “Did you ever tell him that in person?” I didn’t. I battled this question on the way back to the chapel. It was my turn to keep an eye on his wake again, so I could finally play the AVP I made for him too. As the TV near the altar showed it, several visitors started asking about me, and my family began telling how Tatay was so eager to see me wearing the Sablay on my graduation. Too bad he was gone four months before it happened.
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