Monday, October 30, 2017

NANAY-LESS WEEK

you left before i came home
so the ants claimed the floor
forgot to cook for a while
let the pots gather dust
Manuela's, Matawe, Inihaws
birthdays, fellowship and pizza to-go

the dogs, they ate out too


the fleas, they mopped the walls
spiders adorned the corners
the house so silent and empty
so i took to long bike rides
threw my laptop at GRAISEA
chased the shadows of OHK

and left before you came home

Monday, October 23, 2017

PUTOL-PUTOL NA PANAGINIP

nangawit ang dalaga sa kuwadro
natuyo ang tapayan ng serbesa
ang inilako ba nung miyerkules
ay tunay o mga guniguni lamang?



ang pagdiriwang sa Gran Lohiya
ay tumulay sa alambreng sinulid
nabuhay kaya ang tinaga sa batok 
o alamat itong nung sabado nagtapos?



ang mga hinubarang walang mukha
silang nalunod sa ingay ng kaluskus
matabang katulad ng inulam ni Bulan
nakakaumay na parang hapunan ni Balong.


mabuti pa ang bisikleta't may natutunguhan 
sangandaan, ambon at almusal na bulalo
ang panaginip, tila nagwawakas sa hilik
parang kuwento ng pulis na Probinsiyano

nauulit pero hindi natatapos...

Monday, October 16, 2017

AMAZING CRAZE

bananas, coffee, and maize
the people's choice of value chains 
rice, palm oil, and shrimps
the rich man said we should engage

so I took off with my bike, went to the market, brought all the crops, and dropped these on the pavement  


why don't we just sell rice cakes
paint them in gold and purple
forget all about the vampires
who sucked the ricefields dry

there the farmers whither, people with names like Santiago, who wore hats like Katipuneros, they who don't eat cakes 


better to get lost in Binondo
drown in dimsum and spring rolls
dream of winning the lotto
quit and just go loco

because emperors don't die, they wear new clothes and become angels, winged but nude and neutered  

Monday, October 09, 2017

HAI[na]KU 9 & 10

-9-

1.4.2. K.M. 
calories burned and sweated
12 beers brought it back 


-10-

whiskey on Thursday
guns and booze on Saturday
reset by Sunday

Monday, October 02, 2017

5 DAYS, 3 HOTELS, 5 MEETINGS

the CHATRIUM (Days 1 and 2) 
indeed decadent in buffet and palatial in rooms
pluses of an otherwise boring neighborhood
just Charlie Brown and a beer tower playing pingpong
as the Bhoman-Khunaram Temple whispered echos
while the ASEAN locked with SARC in a tango 




the AMARI WATERGATE (Day 3)
cavernous like the the pomp and g[l]or[y][e] of CSR
four food stations interpellating high-powered forums
like Indian creamed with gender or Thai sauteed value chains
esoteric bit coins strewn along a roadside saloon
where carcasses got hanged, chopped and devoured



the PICNIC HOTEL (Days 4 and 5)
as layman as the chaos of eclectic Pratunam
as cool as the towering elegance of Baiyoke
cold beer, grilled meat and the bounty of the sea
sustenance in between PSC, SIDA and UNDP
a great view overshadowed by a lousy breakfast