As if we are fish―trying to breathe in a sea of fire,While sinking in the sand of a sunless seafloor,Where pixie dust is salt―and flying’s required. Here we pray, to saints in eggs and elephants in the sky,Like wise men drowning in a liquor’s shore,As if we are fish―trying to breathe in a sea of fire. We are day-old infants, with blisters in the eyes―Born on the gravity’s core,Where pixie dust is...
Farrah Fawcett and Arnold Schwarzenegger
I’ll drown myself in acid, if my hair won’t shine tomorrow.So I need to buy some Farrah Fawcett, to look like Farrah Fawcett.All I need is to use her hairspray for eternal beauty,And even Aphrodite would kill, just to kneel, in front of me! I’ll tear off my face, if can’t have the sharpest jawline, or the most muscular body.But my problem is solved, because on television, Arnold says that he eats...
Father
An infant sleeps so soundly with his father’s loaded pistolHidden underneath his pillow.His father is a priest who never fails to indulgeIn lavish chocolates paired with imported civet coffeeAnd bottles of Johnnie Walker whiskey with a hint of holy water.He does this during midnightsWhen everyone else is in the depths of sleep.The father’s teeth have golden coatingThat conceals his cavities.And...
Paglimot
Ang gunita mo sa akin ay tamis nitong umagang Pinapait na ng alon sa iniinom kong kape.Ang imahen ko sa iyong mga mata’y di na parte Ng padilat mo—natipon na sila sa aking tasa. Wari ko ay may nabuong siklon ang iyong pahalo;Nakulangan sa asukal dahil iyo nang nalimotPati ang ibig kong timpla. Lahat ng nga ay hinigopNg nalikha mong buhawi’t kabilang ka sa naglaho. Kung bakit kailangan kang ubanin...
Gitad
Ing gitad mung diwalilingad na ing bubulungning kekang sari kalyap a salu;Ya ing magpakalingwan king alingongoning kekang banal a tipan king payntungula mikalabyus tigik pangasakmalking sasayu mung pamagkumwari. Alang melakwang nanu mang bakasing linaso mung bakal a kapanaliganking salamin ning milabasnung nu’daka apagkamalyangalang-kasingdalise pusu. E ku pa mu rin balu nung sanu ing katutwan...
Libutad ding Sunis
Libutad ding suniskabaldugan ku karin mandatila;kabang ding pamampan kugagato babo ding ulata.Libutad ding suniskarin ku lubas amanu at tapat.E karing amanung agkasan ku,dapot karing pilatan ding mata kuo nung matulid kang lumawekaring awang a reta.Ati yu king pamangilag ku karing keka.E ku milawe karing mata muinya sasalikut ku ing sukat kung ipalto karin king pekaligtas a dane balu ku…...
Tears
Dadalusdus kalakalaleking salaming awangkabang pupulisan na ing ambun;Kapisik teterak king sanap-sanapan.Ing lugma dintang;Abung-bigang tilus-tilus tatangis lakabang ding lwa mu maging uran. Teterak alang pakyalam at malayaking matalaib a maranglekabang gagawan da ing kapagmasusyan; Ding agimat yuyuyuyu la karing karelang salu. Mengaring nwan a pusung,ing lupa mu makatalukbung ya kabang manangis...
Mata Mu
sinuka ne ning apiing dimlang ayakmulnang e sasaryanking salung alang lamanat limbugking kalalamlalamanning kapanamdaman;e ka sane king dimlaat labug ning kapikakunwan—e wari? e ka manaligking piliblubang malarama e mu mekatalibunang menganyaya keka. e mu na la panaliganding balatung mung mata. e na ka lalawekaring keyang matapasibayu Your Eyes fire spewedthe chill itunmindfully swallowed in the...
Ika King Paninap Ku?
Marco Paulo B. Lacap Ika ing payntunan, panagimpan,Ika ing timan na ning kakung lungkut, Ika ing munag king sisilim.King salu mu ing kapasnawan, emuku pa lalakwan,Giang king paninap mu man uman muku,Giang misan mu man lawan muku.Mitmung tula, ika ing sala,Balang timan mu susulagpo ku,Alang kayaryan ing keka abie ku,E kwalta a kikildap, nune lugud a gugulisak.Me ka keni mako kata,Lakwan ing...
Ring Bukas a Tutuki
Magumpisa ya ing aldo patse tinulauk ne ing manuk, dapot keti king syudad nu ka manakit manuk? Chooks to GO, Save More, Fresh Options, yamu pin ala nalang buntuk, makananu kang migising? Migising ka uli na ning danupan naka, mipalingat ka uli ning matsurang paninap, mebalaganan kang butataki, o atin kamu taganang pakikwanang gawan ngening aldo kalupa da ring marakal a tau, dapot yaku, migigising...