poems

BACKSTABBERS

You gather the crowd to your delight,And claim you've done so to know of their plight.You hand over scraps because it feels rightBut your impulse, I know, is to give out of spite. You mourn in publicity, the lives gone in the day,And shed tears for the lonely as they...

HAIKUS OF THE SCION

For those who used their political influence to get tested at a time when our healthcare system did not have enough to go on.

THE CALL OF THE RISING SUN

A toast to our re-emergence from this pandemic.

LOUISIAN II

LOUISIAN II

Aniya: Ah, Louisian ka pala. Sa maingate nakita kita, Doon ika’y nakatanga. Namumula.Nakikibaka. Mas maingay ka pa sa tindera. Ang mama dinadamay mo pa. Sa kapwa ’di ka naawa, Dinidikta pagpasok nila. Louisian, humarap ka! Sa akin mo ipakita Dakila mong paniniwala....

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THE FIREGAME

THE FIREGAME

You treated my eyes and you saw the lines of my passion’s recesses. You enclosed my mouth into yours and whispered a vision of my life’s bearing. In darkness, hate and anger, you wandered along my being. Bound my hands, Stained of lashes, scratches and flames. You...

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WHEN CALENDARS MOVE

WHEN CALENDARS MOVE

When calendars move, I make someone richer. Kill my pocket if you wish Break the head that you can’t keep For you know you cannot steal Wishing there is more to fill. Bind my hands on solid steel For me to move my life revealed Debris of unpronounced life they fear I...

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DIMENSIONAL PSYCHALGIA

DIMENSIONAL PSYCHALGIA

11:30 The amorous melody, the reflection of serenity, The incensement of hope. Bless my eulogy… I’m sustained by blood. 11:35 The vast universe of no end, the mind exploded, The neon lights’ glimmer. Seal my fate. I’m the ash…gone. 11:40 Engulf my flesh ’til dusk...

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