sa tuwing sasapit ang umaga
tinawag niyang pimple
ang bundok,
tinawag pang parisukat
ang tatsulok
kung minsan ako'y nagtatanong din
sa pagbabasa
ng bibliya
sa ating pormal na wika—
kung ito'y karapat-dapat ba?
sabi naman ng iba,
naaayon daw
ang mga ginagamit na
uri ng pananalita
sa lipunang
kinabibilangan nila.
ako ngayon ay tila
hindi na maka-laban,
dahil sa nakagawian na.
Against Hidden Poems
We then Sojourned
to that paradise
in your mind.
Somebody said,
"It is earthly."
We then mourned
these bleak eyes
in my mind.
Somebody has said,
"Who's that somebody?"
We join the Excursion
so we fantasize
but never to find
this mystical point
of view, "Have we?"
apart from this type of menagerie
birds are singing songs
no one knew what they have meant
—pecking at mossed rocks
Like The Tree Branches
...never liked Dancing
Yes, it could be anything
—but the Graceful ones
Ahas at Tao
Ano? Kamandag?
Masamang ninanais,
nalaman ko na!—