(summer 2001 Carmen, Bohol)
In a row
Mushrooms without stems
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A foreign joke
bleeds Filipino's heart
when Chip Tsao H.K. Columnist
spits out of his own description
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Here where I built my name
My success my failure my pain
In an island where my dreams were built and perished
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All political parties
ae politician's parties
wise voters vote leaders
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To all poets
self-acclaimed amateur
famous dead alive
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MultI political party Philippine system
from administration to opposition
via independent parties
merging alas to lament
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