Pouring

24Oct07

outside
dark whorls and damp air
above
disappointment descending over a paper trail
inside
thousands of tears knocking alternately on a tin roof
each tick, making a mother worry
each leak, questioning a father’s ability to provide
each streak, encourages a young one to hide
outside the stream gurgles
beside, the old lady snores
a dog howls and a sedan screeches
farther, no dew at all.

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Reruns

15Oct07

Ran across my old project websites and tasted the bitterness of one poetic trials i had.
This was actually the piece I used for my poetry reading in Ms. Gatchalian’s business comm. class. mwehehe. will post it anyway, for posterity’s sake.  loved the wordplay, i wonder if i can come up with something witty-sounding without that dredged [...]

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