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Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

The Poetic Architect

Iilang salitang ugat
Doon nagdaos at nagtuos
Pulubi silang tinapak-tapakan
Niyurakan ang pagkatao
Kahit sila'y mga multo na lamang.

Hindi masilayan ang anino
Pagkat ang buhay nila'y
Matagal nang hiningan
At naging sandigan

Doon ko nakita,
Ako pala'y kasapi rin
Sa alyansang walang kinabukasan
At pupuwersa sa kanila
Patungong libingan
...

#random #tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

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Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

dye

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Kung kailan ako mapagbigay, doon ako madamot.
Kung kailan ako malinis, doon ako nilulumot.

Kung kailan ako gumagalaw, doon ako paralisado.
Kung kailan ako malaya, doon ako limitado.

Kung kailan ako makulay, doon ako monokromatiko.
Kung kailan ako mapait, doon ako romantiko.

Kung kailan ako masipag, doon ako tamad.
Kung kailan ako magaling, doon ako nilalagnat.

Kung kailan ako malinaw, doon ako malabo.
Kung kailan ako matalino, doon ako bobo.

Kung kailan ako umaalab, doon ako upos.
Kung kailan ako puno, doon ako ubos.

Kung kailan ako maayos, doon ako magulo.
Kung kailan ako puro puso, doon ako puro ulo.

Kung kailan ako mayaman, doon ako mahirap.
Kung kailan ako nandyan, doon ako mailap.

Kung kailan ako nagbabasa, doon ako nagsusulat.
Kung kailan ako kalmado, doon ako nagugulat.

Kung kailan ako sigurado, doon ako nagtataka.
Kung kailan ako sumasagwan, doon ako bumabangka.

Kung kailan ako nangangaso, doon ako nangingisda.
Kung kailan ako umaatake, doon ako dumedepensa.

Kung kailan ako hypothalamus, doon ako atay.
Kung kailan ako buhay, doon ako patay.

Kung kailan ako tao, doon ako hindi tao.

Kung kailan ako ako, doon ako hindi ako.

personal fallacy series #1 07/18/14

#tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Dagitab

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

dye

Dagitab

Patay.

Nagsimula sa wala.
Nagsimula sa bula.
Kailan kaya kikislap
Ang natutulog na kulisap?

Sindi.

Unti-unting nauubos ang yosi
Umiikli na ang pagkahaba-habang pisi
Aking tinanong nang masinsinan sa sarili
"Sa pagsindi ba talaga nagsisimula ang pagsisisi?"

Pundi.**

Ang ilaw ay biglang namatay
Iyon na pala ang huli kong silay
Ang mata ko'y tila parang pilay
Hindi makalakad tungo sa inaagnas **** bangkay

08/10/14
inspired by Dagitab

hashtag corny hashtag pagtyagaan
hashtag cynical romantic

#tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Ang Aking Kundiman

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

X

Ang Aking Kundiman

Alam mo bang ikaw ang tanging nais ko?
Hindi na ako hihiling pa...
Bakit pa nga ba?
Sinasabi **** hindi ka kaibig-ibig,
Ngunit iba ang aking nakikita.
Lahat ng lumalabas sa iyong bibig
Ay aking tinatago
Para pakinggan sa oras ng kalungkutan.
Ang iyong mga ngiti,
Hindi ko pagsasawaan.
Kahit na ayaw **** tinititigan ka,
Hindi ko mapigilan.
Kay gandang pagmasdan
Ng aking musang
Handa kong ipaglaban.

#tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Memory Plus

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

The Poetic Architect

Memory Plus

Kinabahan akong bigla
Sa isang basong tubig at kapsula.

May takot, may hikbi
Pagkat sa paglunok
May gawad na pighati ng kahapon.

Nilisan ko na iyon
Ikinubli na ang kahapon
Sa estanteng kayrupok
Malay ko ba,
Nagbabalik-tanaw din.

(5/1/14 @xirlleelang)

#tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Salamat

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

X

Salamat

Ang buong akala ko'y hindi ka na darating,
Iyon pala'y lahat ng pagkakamali ko'y
Dadalhin ka sa akin.

#tagalog

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Raw With Love

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Charles Bukowski

Raw With Love

little dark girl with
kind eyes
when it comes time to
use the knife
I won't flinch and
i won't blame
you,
as I drive along the shore alone
as the palms wave,
the ugly heavy palms,
as the living does not arrive
as the dead do not leave,
i won't blame you,
instead
i will remember the kisses
our lips raw with love
and how you gave me
everything you had
and how I
offered you what was left of
me,
and I will remember your small room
the feel of you
the light in the window
your records
your books
our morning coffee
our noons our nights
our bodies spilled together
sleeping
the tiny flowing currents
immediate and forever
your leg my leg
your arm my arm
your smile and the warmth
of you
who made me laugh
again.
little dark girl with kind eyes
you have no
knife. the knife is
mine and i won't use it
yet.

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

don't forget

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Charles Bukowski

don't forget

there is always somebody or something
waiting for you,
something stronger, more intelligent,
more evil, more kind, more durable,
something bigger, something better,
something worse, something with
eyes like the tiger, jaws like the shark,
something crazier than crazy,
saner than sane,
there is always something or somebody
waiting for you
as you put on your shoes
or as you sleep
or as you empty a garbage can
or pet your cat
or brush your teeth
or celebrate a holiday
there is always somebody or something
waiting for you.

keep this fully in mind
so that when it happens
you will be as ready as possible.

meanwhile, a good day to
you
if you are still there.
I think that I am---
I just burnt my fingers on
this
cigarette.

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Gain & Sacrafice.

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Andrew Durst

Gain & Sacrafice.

I'm discovering
that sacrifice
will always be
a necessary
part-of
life,
  and that
  the only time
  we ever
  gain-
  is when we
  have
  lost.

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

An Old Shirt

Nov 2014 Margaret Austin Go

Pradip Chattopadhyay

An Old Shirt

on the back numerous hole
quite a few too on the chest
still it clings to my soul
I think it fits me best.

says my flummoxed wife
you’re a miser hopeless
holding on a rag for life
bringing yourself disgrace.

I feign not to hear and shrug
clutching it more to my heart
feeling warm cosy in its hug
my friend the many years’ shirt.

on it lie rivers of sweat
joy and sorrow’s tear stains
time’s all burden of weight
gloomy and dark hours’ pains.

a mere cloth and I find it so hard
to throw it and part our ways
wonder how humans discard
relations grown over years.