Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Disclaimers on TV
Whirr..buzz…whirr..
Cable’s on the blink?
Not your set folks
It’s that snake oil ad
With AdBoard seal but
No approved therapeutic value
Flash news
Gloria with her styrene
Belo complexion with
An energizer bunny toothy grin
Announces aid to calamities
Sulpicio or the drowned?
No approved news value
Segue way to the PBA
Big game James with a three
Saved the day for the Hotdogs
“Kaya mo ba'to?” mocking
Textless, talkless fans
No approved civility value
Switch to GMA seven
Gloria again with bunny grin
Gushing trip’s success
Palm rubbing first Gent astride
No approved moral value
Zap! Now NBN nine
Recycled tagalog movies
Vintage FPJ, Fofonggay,
Falayfay and agent Falcon
Guy and Pip, Vilma as Darna
No approved historic value
Zap to “Walang Tulugan”
Fat man, show man German
Coffee drenched all night stand
Inane antics and rehashments
No approved wellness value
Commercial breaks
With senators and other
Prexy wannabees selling soap
And other household whatevers
No approved delicadeza value
Hey! get out of that couch
The scratchy anthem is on
Salute our tired flag now
Signing off with relief
All in a day’s work
On primetime Television
Dusky Lady Peggy Sue
Dusky lady Peggy Sue
I take your hand
And usher you
Across the broad street
I drape my Armani coat
For you to trod on and
Wipe your muddy Gucci
You balked at the lobby
Of the movie house
Vehemently denying
The cries of orphans,
Battered wives,
Bad Boy stunts
and Dolphy jokes
But like a Muzak track
Wired in your tympani
The sound track
Goes round and round
A dirge, a kundiman, a rhythmic
“Pasion” from toothless hags
Gatorade asks, Is it in you?
Coke says it’s the real thing
You smile at the face
In the muddy puddle
Dusky lady Peggy Sue
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
A Spate of Haiku - 94 to 114
94. Farewell glorious sun
Soon fearful darkness settles
But morning soon comes
95. Fireball quick to sink
On a yellow mottled sky
Fiery sting sears the eye
96. Mayas in summer
Exchange gossip by the bush
A feral cat waits
97. The end of summer
Tiptoes in without notice
A lad sighs glumly
98. Tree thrives in sand dunes
Defies harsh oppressive climes
Nature’s way challenged
99. At dusk the early moon
Hovers on the darkened hills
Portending cold nights
100. Boyhood summers gone
Passing through thorny thresholds
A gate creaks close
101. Days in midsummer
Filled with youthful effervescence
Only for a nonce
102. Rainy afternoon
Scatter silver darts about
A puddle ripples
103. December hearts are cold
But hearts in May are warm
Yet both throb for me
104. It’s the time for cheers
As the sheepskin is bestowed
He has come of age
105. Where have red roses gone
In carmine glory now
Vanished in a wink
106. Cicadas protest
All intrusions in nature
Except for its own
107. Shades of night falling
On a bucolic hamlet
A tambuli calls
108. Sweet scents of ripe fruits
Waft in the hot midday air
A rude bird chirps
109. Angels brought forth rain
To the thirsting fallow earth
Demons drew lightning
110.. Shall I look for you
In the season of the heart
My mind says beware
111. Loneliness seeks ease
With strange alien faces
Babbling nonsense
112. Gather garden blooms
On April mornings at dawn
Ere sun’s envy roused
113. Trudging down a stream
On a cold wintry morning
Fish hid in white reeds
114. A country lane stroll
Tramping through twigs and dry leaves
Snapping underfoot
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