Pillar of solitude
Alone lonely loner
among the boughs in caved pavilion
startles the fowl from the gaggles slumber
but though she traces the scenes with oblation,
yet her memory caveats her like sewer
Alone lonely loner
Whose wisdom sires images of deeds refine?
In her soul's pleasure it prevails forever
Hardened thoughts thwart her spine
for its swinging whims perched in constant reminder
Alone lonely loner
While yielding her prayers respond so fine
In most familiar beat it backfires with spire
Then the roar and the crisps of homeless winter
echoes its solemn tune, struggling over her troubled chime
Alone lonely loner
While shivering into her unfounded altruism
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Philippine Junket
Just as the clock starts to tick
There sprung the tongues of fire
When these honorable men play their mutual smack
One will see their infinite capacity to lie
Through their gums like soothing mark
For nobody cares
Everyone loves to smell the roses
And we end up smelling the gutter instead!
Their speeches are so hilarious
Quite apart from poignant
They seem to feel their colleague’s loss as their loss
To us an expostulation of wonderment
Weeping and gnashing their teeth to protect their boss
For nobody cares
Everyone loves to smell the roses
And we end up smelling the gutter instead!
Forget the just and the wicked
For that is like squeezing blood from stones
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Red Signature
Looming thunder’s about to erupt by mouth
Not once but twice in secluded gloom
Salient fear couching in saucer’s blood bath
The fighting spirit’s unfolding in one soul to form
Latent vengeance engulfing life’s aftermath
So valiant lamenting nemeses to doom
Dare no devil, better justice must be fought
Here, mighty scepter’s eyes everyone must conform
Now, the echo of yesteryear’s maladies spread forth
Gasping and sucking were theirs for men in uniform
Detractors blindfolding justice; vying as if their cohort
For a defenseless subject their whims stood as to inform
The last thread of life now’s not in your hand but on both
Divulge the scalded truth they lawlessly hid as their own
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That child in me
Just like any other child, I never experienced being brought to school by a nanny.
My family couldn’t provide me one.
Just like any other child, I never experienced being fetched by a chauffer.
My father could not afford any.
Just like any other child, I never experienced being prepared a lunch box for my snack.
Nothing was there to prepare anyway.
Just like any other child, I never had a bag of my own.
What I had was a plastic bag that could accommodate all my belongings.
Just like any other child I never had good shoes to wear.
I got broken slipper; sometimes, none.
Just like any other child, I never had a good pair of socks.
An old pair of Boyscout knee socks is all I got
Just like any other child, I never had a uniform for my school.
Well, I inherited two faded ones from my grade six cousins.
Just like any other child, I was never allowed to go out camping in school.
No one could provide me the things to bring.
Just like any other child, I was never allowed to participate in any school games.
I was too thin to play any games
Just like any other child, going to school without breakfast became a habit.
Not because no body’s preparing it for me but because there really is nothing to prepare.
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