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Found it. Another chopped up journal entry pretending to look like a poem. Two others can be read in the archives.

June 29, 1996 / 3:50am

SELOS Part 1

Nakakapagod at napakasakit
ang magselos.

Wala ka naman ginawa
kundi tingnan ang litrato niyo
na kinunan sa Photo-Me
at isipin
kung ano ang gingawa niya ngayon
kung ano ang ginagawa nila ngayon.

Pagtingin sa relo
dalawang oras na pala ang lumipas.

Pawis na pawis.
Pagod na pagod.
Masakit ang dibdib.

Aksaya nang oras ang magselos.
Pero buong puso mo ito
pinagbibgyan.
Parang baboy
na naglalaro sa putikan.

Pagod na ako.
Mamaya na lang siguro
magseselos ulit ako.

Matutulog muna.
Sana mapanaginipan ko siya.
Baka mapanaginipan ko SILA!

Manood na lang kaya ng TV.
Ano ba ang palabas sa HBO?
Aba!
The Crow!
Tungkol sa magsyotang pinaslang
at ang lalaki ay binuhay
ng uwak na makapangyarihan,
upang ipaghiganti…

Ahhh…

Paghihiganti!

Para sa ibang tula naman yan.

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