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ABISO SA URING MAPANG-API

Nagngingitngit ang mukha ng kahirapan--

amoy-asin tunog-bukid lasang baril.

Nasanay sa tahanang

walang kuryente

ngunit

batid na ang bumbilyang

patay-sindi, patay-sindi, patay-sindi

ay napupundi.

Masisilaw rin ng apoy sa dilim

ang mga matang binulag ng karangyaan.

Naturuang tumalima sa

uring mapanlamang

ngunit

naniniwalang ang tiwaling lipunan

ay lalamunin ng katawang buto't balat

na binuhay ng lupa.

Sisigaw din ang dugong

sinasakal ng sistemang salapi--

mag-aalsa

lalaya.

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Athena Charanne R. Presto is the eldest among three children of a lower-middle-class family who refuses to limit herself. An early-career sociologist, she keeps herself wide-eyed with all the wonders, challenges, and surprises of life. She is a lover of simple things and welcomes insights about her favorite things in the world-- Gabriel García Márquez books, poems, Full Metal Panic, Spanish language, low-tier humor, and validation time after time. Send her love at the linked social media accounts in this blog.

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