Picked thee from root stock
Like a mini rock
That’s rough and dusty
Brown, pungeant, spicy
Wew! It’s “ginger” leaf!

Peasant Garduque
No other than me
Planted by my hands
Arancillo lands
A crop squatter too

First day of last year
I planted it there
The last time I saw
Only few leaves grow
One Twenty-Six Twelve

Carved fish pond paddy
Western side levee
Inside a plant box
Black, loamy soil stocks
Weeds and dirt surround

It’s first time to see
Leaves of crop by me
First time this year
Visit fish pond near
First time write so late!

-02/01/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection