Nick Carbo

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Running Amok

In the slums of Tondo, people dwell
in shacks of cardboard, bits of bamboo,
corrugated metal, and a few cement blocks.
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Nick Carbo

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  • Don Allan Dinio (3/20/2011 8:25:00 PM)

    Nice. I can relate growing up in the Philippines I often see the headlines about Tondo...the crimes and people running amok!

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  • Sue Ann Simar (3/29/2007 8:49:00 PM)

    What is the sound of beetles' eggs hatching? I think I hear them...I'm about to run amok. (the poem is very effective)

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