Lawdenmarc Decamora

#taglish

never an expletive (in mint condition): nagsasawa ka na ba?[1]

from the mouth of decadence, the idea of fish balls

& tall tales in the streets. from research-

groomed Rizalian dream, a #LunetaPark for your religion

of sweet air. from media to self irrealis & #Imeldific,

a bruise in history-making. from the R-establishment

once called a “(r)ehab,” the “aye-aye bongo drums,”

“systems in #checkmate,” at the edge (a slant rhyme for ‘age’)

of thirty-three a dirty ice cream is an oasis

of #Dutertism; you & I

Wednesday #conyos of Manila

saying Taralets! [2] to each other

while keeping company

in a small (lonely) drugstore

behind town.