Eating On Top Of The Mango Tree Poem by RIC BASTASA

it makes a difference if i eat
the fruits from the very tree where they
are hanging

i sit on top between the twigs
with the bunches of ripe mangoes touching my cheeks

you pick just one and take
a little bite

suddenly you are full
you think you are done

the blue clouds within your
reach has helped your hungry hands

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Sa ponoan sa mangga

Lahi baya ang mokaon ka og
Lanzones sa taas sa iyang ponoan.

Tapad sa imong aping ang
Mga pungpong.

Mokuha ka ug usa ka buok
hinog nga mangga

Busog na ka kaayo
Sa kaanindot nga pagburot sa mga panganod.