Karlo Sevilla (he/him) of Quezon City, Philippines is the author of the poetry collections Metro Manila Mammal (Soma Publishing, 2018) and Outsourced! . . . (Revolt Magazine, 2021). Recognized among the Best of Kitaab 2018, shortlisted for the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2021, and thrice nominated for the Best of the Net, his poems appear in Philippines Graphic, Philippines Free Press, Don’t Submit!, Small Orange, DIAGRAM, Matter, Anti-Heroin Chic, Better Than Starbucks, COMPULSION PETAL (Empty Salon’s Summer 2022 anthology), and elsewhere. He is currently a student in the Associate in Arts program of the University of the Philippines Open University.
I indulge in our overweight toddlerevery time he runs all overmeasI lieprone in bed as breakfast gets coldbecause I can afford to get up latebecause I’m unemployed and not looking for a jobas I married rich and not the one I (still) loveas I was raised a practical man. Sometimes, I’m supine and it’s still a treat:the light massage courtesy
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