ni Rene Boy E. Abiva, MA(c)

“For life’s not a paragraph

And death I think is no parenthesis.” – E.E. Cummings, Since Feeling is First

Ayaw kong manahimik nang literal:

Alam kong may sariling pintakasi ang kama,

May katumbas na batas ang agaw-dilim,

At may kahulugan ang sikdo sa ating puson.

Ninanakaw paisa-isa, padala-dalawa,

Ang apoy sa ating mga mata,

At sa likod ng mga paglilihim

Ay handa nating ipaubaya ang katagang

“Halika, halika na aking sinta

Hindi paisa-isa,

Hindi padala-dalawa.”

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