May iniisip ka?
Oo.
Ano?
Ayaw kong sabihin. Baka magkatotoo.
Dahil makulit ka
Kilala kita. Oo, ikaw 'yun: Nagkasalubong na tayo minsan, sa LRT, sa Gotohan, sa kanto ng Aurora at Katipunan. Nagkatinginan tayo. Hindi mo ako kinausap, pero alam ko, nakilala mo rin ako. Kaya ka narito, di ba? Para sabihing, Oo, oo, ikaw nga 'yun. Naaalala kita.
na, mula noong 24 Enero, 2006, ang nakitambay dito
huwag kang maingay, may nag-... aahit?
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Kagabi ko lang natsambahan 'to, pero napabilang na siya kaagad sa mga pinaka-- gusto ko sanang sabihing, "pinakawazzzak," pero hindi yata makatarungan 'yun. sapat na yata 'yung salitang "maganda." Ayun. Isa ito sa mga pinakamagandang tulang nabasa ko:
A Letter Charles Simic
Dear philosophers, I get sad when I think. Is it the same with you? Just as I'm about to sink my teeth into the noumenon, Some old girlfriend comes to distract me. "She's not even alive!" I yell to the skies.
The wintry light made me go that way. I saw beds covered with identical gray blankets. I saw grim-looking men holding a naked woman While they hosed her with cold water. Was that to calm her nerves, or was it punishment?
I went to visit my friend Bob, who said to me: "We reach the real by overcoming the seduction of images." I was overjoyed, until I realized Such abstinence will never be possible for me. I caught myself looking out the window.
Bob's father was taking their dog for a walk. He moved with pain; the dog waited for him. There was no one else in the park, Only bare trees with an infinity of tragic shapes To make thinking difficult.
Ganda!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Ganda talaga! Syet!