Let Us Go to Sleep

You make me sleepy. Let’s go to sleep. Let us drag our bodies
Across the floor, lift our legs up and climb the bed
Like two poisonous critters of the night; but we
Won’t be poisoning and sedating anybody but ourselves.
Tonight,
The covers will be pulled over our pupil-less eyes and tomorrow,
We’ll wake up with drool all over our [...]

Night Shift Now

As I’m writing this sentence, I still have three more hours to go before I can finally go home. It’s 3:00 in the morning here in Ortigas.
It’s my first night ever as a lucky, employed guy on a night shift. This is the joker card that I lay on the table in this poker game [...]

Natulog sa Damuhan

Nakakaantok. Nakakahilo; gustong tumihaya sa basang damo.
Nakatitig sa mga sangang nakayuko. Sumisilip ang mga bituin, walang hinaing.
Hayaan na lang natin, ipagpaubaya sa mga multo. Hindi nila tayo gagalawin.
Wala naman silang pakialam sa mga mortal, sa kanilang mga luha’t dalamhati.
Wala silang pakialam sa’kin.
Salamat.
Nakakaantok, nakakahilo lang. Dalhan mo ako ng basong malamig at lalagok lang.
Akyatin nawa ng [...]