Go, go
Go with the beat
Up, up
Up on your feet
Left, left
Left, right, left
March, march
March to your fall
Hear, hear
Hear the devil’s call
Left, left
Left, right, left
Step, step
Step closer to death
Hold, hold
Hold your last breath
Left, left
Left, right, left
Look, look
Look straight ahead
Go, go
Go with the dead.
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperlipidemia
Heart Disease
white rice
pig skin
* bagoong
condensed milk
brown sugar
soy sauce
butter
coconut milk
What delicacies!
What a legacy!
there was never a doubt in my mind
that we are all here for a reason
but even if we know it or not
we hope to last more than a season
and we live so recklessly today
that we forget about tomorrow
and we hold on to happier times
so we don’t have to face the sorrows
but we have no control over life
no, not of our own’s or another’s
all we can do is beg for more time
hope against all odds for a keeper
please, let her stay
please, let her stay
I’m not ready for her to go away
let me keep her another million days
Laughter fills this place
little feet running
to and fro
screams of delight
lullabies
impromptu dancing
in the living room
vrrroooming cars
giggles over silliness
read alouds
piano practice
laughter fills this place
but I am just a jailbird
looking past
vertical shadows
of chains
I fly but
crash my wings
I can only listen
as I perch
on the swing
on the beam
on the water bowl
and look forward
to someday
I can leave
for the skies.
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