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Jun Lit Sep 2017
Isa! dalawa!
Hindi polisiya!
Tatlo! Apat!
Bra-ta-ta-ta-tat!
Hunghang tayong lahat!?
This 10-word (10w) poem [tulang sampuan] in Filipino (Tagalog) and another - "Mga itinumbang tutubi" and a few more that may follow - are dedicated to the memory of three young men/boys (Kian, Carl Angelo and Reynaldo) and the other thousands - victims of senseless killings in the Philippines.
Jun Lit Sep 2017
Pinagtitiris!
Pinagpipisa!
Piso bawat kuto,
Salapi bawat lisâ.
Nanlaban!
Pinuksa!
Three 10-word (10w) poems [tulang sampuan], this ["Just like picking and crushing head lice"] and two others in Tagalog/Filipino - "Hindi patakaran ang pamamaslang?" and "Mga itinumbang tutubi" - are dedicated to the memory of three young men/boys (Kian, Carl Angelo and Reynaldo) and the other thousands - victims of senseless killings in the Philippines.
Jun Lit Sep 2017
Mga tutubi,
hinuli?
Silang maniningit-sobre,
pinatay, sinabitan kayo,
kartong “SALBAHE”
This 10-word (10w) Filipino (Tagalog) poem [tulang sampuan] and a few others that may follow, are dedicated to the memory of three young men/boys (Kian, Carl Angelo and Reynaldo) and the other thousands of victims of senseless killings in the Philippines.

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