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Kapeng Barako XIII (Liping Di Sumuko)

Binabaran ng mainit

na kapeng barako

ang naiwang tutóng

sa lumang kaldero,

walang panamà

ang kaning binudburan

ng niyadyad na tabliya

sa panlasa ng até at bunso

magkasamang nagmimiryenda

- matamis na bukayo

matamis na ala-ala . . .

 

Tanyag ang tamis ng sintunis

singkom man o lado

limot na ang hagupit

ng mga Hapones na malulupit

ng kahapong ayaw umidlip.

Nag-aanyaya ng pag-akyat

ang puno ng bitungol, halikayo

manibalang pa ang iba

ngunit tamang-hinog na pangkulunggo

sa mga isipang nahihilo’t nalilito.

 

Maghapon lamang ang kabataan -

mabilis, mabilis na dumaan

Orasyon na ngayon, wika ng impô

Huwag magpapaabot ng sireno

Pag di’y sip-on ang aanihin n'yo!

 

Opo, opo,

Dala-dalang buslô

Taglay ang naiwang litrato

sa sulok ng isipan, ng balintata-o.

Sa lahing hindi sumuko,

magkakasama tayo.

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Written by
JunLit
M / Los Baños, Ph
Published
Mar 26, 2021
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32·127
Notes

Brewed Coffee Poem 13 - 13th in my series "Kapeng Barako" (Brewed Coffee) - focusing mainly on my memories of my childhood in old Lipa City (Philippines); this one has been, in part, inspired by my reminiscence of one of my elder sisters, Ate Malen, as well as other members of our clan.

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