Seatrip ***** Floating Coffin In Memorial Sea Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan

at 5th storey paradise princess
partly in nasipit butuan sea philippine archipelago

yellow paint thick as glue
glossing on iron deck
uppermost in 5th storey vessel
2 stairways at opposite ways
heading up to rooftop a children playground
by day
best site too for sea watchers
sea suicidal diving attempts
above white ceiling steel plate floor
near mariners trapdoor quarter room

ferry's crew check color coded ticket
while sneaking along caravan of goods
like cigarretes cartoons
rebisco can biscuits for pasalubong
as trademark as manila to barrio home excursionists

luggage and suticases
private belongings watched by private eyes
a sign of private ownership

vandalism is strictly prohibited
a warning sign, vandalizing itself
it is poorly and crackly written

passenger playing cards
lying down beneath no gambling adz
listening tiresome jokers
corny chats with own vernacular
throwing, exchanging deadly jokes
i laugh inside my malong blanket
too shy to laugh at loud
LOL we are both strangers
i am out of their place
so awkward as
i listen assumingly
to the flapping lips of trapal tent
covering sideways on this economy sections
as the whistle blower detecting
striking storms
now beginning to persecute
again this floating coffin