AETAKANEER

aywatu, ken namu lele

makho ku pah pohta

mantoon kuh babih dee kutt

ka dha tahng kuh

kahbssi koh ngahn

pakaailii yuu

pakatiimann yuu

maghluutu kuh

kahmutee

parah apagtuahn

meteh yah ruugu hatchi ini

ahli king AIDS

nuhng ahli quing

T.B. ampohh Mallaria

allah la kahsing punuloo

bahay bata

sa aspalto ako manonod ng mga taong naglalakbay, sa mga sasakyang matutulin, sa mga sumusuray na lasing, sa mga magkasintahang nakabalot ng lambing, at sa mga nag-aalindog na mga putatching.
ngayong gabi sa aspalto ako kakain, hihiga at hihimbing
at tulad ng ngayon bukas ay guyundin

web of life

every creature want to survive

we all run away from danger

to preserve our dear lives

when cornered we resist and fight

when on the edge we cling and climb

and when there is no way out

we offer our lives

so others may live...

because all has to end...

for something to start...

what is the price of rice

4 months of toil

if ever...

rain

winds

and

debts

may serve you only a plate

the price of rice

decades of agony

if ever

the land and tiller will be free

so happy to fly

without the tension of the string there can be no flight...so as to life.

views from a bus

hindi man ako mag abang ng alon

pilit itong dumadagsa...

minsa'y sinasabayan

minsa'y linalabanan

at kapag ako ay nagsasawa

ako ay nagtatampisaw

walang bigat

walang gaan

wala...ganito lang.

tranquil

takipsilim

sa dilim ako kukubli

pagsapit ng takipsilim

gigising ang aking diwa

sa mga panaginip na mithi

travesa series

skywaves

la mesa dam

floating...

reflections from above

hiding the currents

and mud...

i rise above all

blissfully and

with dignity

from rags to clinches

all pavements are mine
all thrown i keep
all creeks i've conquered
all bridges i've crossed

all shades my abode

all i have gratitude...

for letting me into this state

as a free and dying man

the living and the dead

the carcas

that you

ingest

is what

composes you

niteshift-child labor

"to eat or not to eat...

that is my fate..."

PARAMA PITA BABA KHI

aquaria

child farm worker

"your future...

depends on me"

sa sipat

ng araw

sa sulyap

ng aspalto

wheels passed
gears run
butts fell
foot went
water flowed