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Amor Seco Pidring Marusing |
Nukarin Ka Munta?
panulung mangamal ing kekang inuman e ka pa mipaldan saingsing keng sakit maya'pa kanitang ing bulung ning samat santing mu panamdam tapal ya king kanwan! king mababang dulang bitis makatimpu lalam lamesa ngeni makatyat nala ding sartin mu't pinggan besibas mu nala inalilan mu lang balbalin a platu! ing tipun mung bandi sobra na king kaban sana intindyan mu potang muli na ka e muna a bitbit munta king kutkutan atin pang panaun magmaganaka ka! mekitid ka isip, meluwalas ka dalan meritak ka saya, meragul ka gastus matni ka balugbug king kuskus balungus nukarin ka munta, mibalik king bulan?
This is inspired and paraphrased from a forwarded email message "Think It
Over". A divorce from the prosaic or parochial topic of "palapat and bibingka".
The title, "Nukarin Ka Munta?" is an adaptation of "Quo Vadis?". The poem
depicts a significant contest between man's material bequeaths versus his quest
for the intangibles in life. It also delineates how life's past glory is
overwhelmed by the present gory (spelled without "l") brought about by progress.
Tony Mercado Peña
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