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Mar 2020
Mali ang ginawa mo
Diumano . . .
Nambihag ka ng mga inosenteng tao
Hinusgahan ka agad na isang sanggano

Sa likod ng lahat ng ito
Ang nanunulak sa mga tao
sa sulok na laging talo
Ang mga abusadong amo
Ang sistemang malupit at lilo
Ang pagturing sa manggagawa'y abo
Ang mga kawani'y putik - di p'wedeng magreklamo

Ang totoong nambibihag ay abswelto
Ang taong nagsakripisyo
at ang sanlaksang biktima ng mapang-abuso
- kalakaran sa paggawa'y kalaboso

Ay! Ay! hanggang kailan magiging ganito?
Hostaged Guard

What you did was wrong
They alleged
You hostaged innocent people
You're a troublemaker. They alleged.

Behind all of these
Those who push people
to walls unwinnable
Abusive masters
A system that's harsh and crooked
The treatment of labor as ash
The crew member as dirt - no right to complain

The true hostage-taker is scot-free
The sacrificial lamb
and the thousands of victims
of unfair labor practices are incarcerated.

Oh! Oh! When will these injustices end?

Note: "Jaguar" is used here as the colloquial term for 'guwardiya' from the Spanish 'guardia' (English - guard)
Jun Lit
Written by
Jun Lit  M/Los Baños, Philippines
(M/Los Baños, Philippines)   
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