LUNANGON

LUNANGON

Thursday, July 30, 2009

BULLET

Stars fall from
sky above as
another kasama
accept and embed
the lead slugs
in his thin flesh
as hatred-full laughter
echo from the dark.

Sin-o ako (who am I)?

-- native cook of literary dessert -- a bard yearning to break out -- an Ilonggo waving chunks of muscovado