December 1999 Poems


These were published in December, 1999.


                                                Pasko na talaga
                                                di na mapigilan

                                                tayo'y inaanyayahan
                                                sa isang Paskong  kasayahan

                                                Disyembre 10 gaganapin
                                                sa tuktok ng gusali
                                                ni Ericson na pangulo natin

                                                kasabay na rin
                                                gintong kaarawan
                                                ni Maria Paz Tagle-Chua
                                                na siyang taya sa gastusin

                                                magpapalitan din ng regalo
                                                na halaga'y dalawandaang piso

                                                malimutan mang magdala nito
                                                makabibili rin doon  ng ireregalo
                                                na gawa sa bakeshop ni Nini
                                                na una at siyang tanging
                                                ginang  ni pangulo

                                                kaya't siguraduhin
                                                na kayo ay dadalo
                                                at magkikita-kita uli tayo
                                                bago dumating
                                                ang panibagong siglo

                                                           at kung sa tingin ninyo
                                                ang tula na ito
                                                di pa rin kumpleto
                                                magdugtong sana kayo
                                                ng mga saknong dito



 

                                                           i laughed and i cried
                                                but mostly i laughed
                                                in 1999

                                                what made me cry
                                                also brought me joy

                                                it was our New York reunion
                                                climax of this soon over millennium
 
 
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