This one I did under one hour for a poetry-reading session at U.P. I don’t know why I had to be there in the first place, but the night was over and the sentiment’s no less real. First posted noong Apr 13, 2004 sa bulilyaso.blogdrive.com. Nobody said it was going to be easy But it…

(Sinulat ko itong naive little gem nung high school, pero nai-upload ko lang sa sinauna kong blog noong Apr 13, 2004.) As black, murky liquid spewed out of the grendel’s* head, You begin to wonder for reasons yet unsaid, If all the gallivanting that left you hoarse and red Were ever worth a night upon the young…