Tourism ***** Magellan's Deadly Spot 17 April 1521 Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan

(Lapu-lapu shrine, Mactan Island)

I couldn’t imagine how fool
Portuguese Magellan underestimate
Lapu-lapu’s men

From Victoria and other Spanish battle ship
Here they stepped down
Extending colonial territory
For GOD GOLD and GLORY

Unfortunately, unshielded Lapu-lapu’s men
Smashed attacked clashed fought aggresively
On this very muddy site
Where nerves of my feet intertwine
On that bloody heroic noon

Bamboo spears versus metal swords

And the action goes
Thru spectator’s eye
At the painting on the wall