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Elmer Sayre

Dipolog City now living in Initao, Misamis Oriental

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In Passing

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You said I am irrational

destroying the library in my head

But we wasted time

philosophizing

while a woman screamed a child died

Libraries contain words—millions—

But can they pay for a small piece of buko pie

or a pocket of sulfa?

Elmer Sayre

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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