Poetry

Evacuation

By Tomasito T. Talledo

           It was told under the crescent moon
    our father and his father's father
     had breathe freely.

         But my son and I cannot.

     We have nowhere to salaam,
       the waters of the Lake has receded.
   
     Gunfires in place of murmuring crickets
     dirged our fastings.

      The evacuation centers are filled
      with hunger cries.

      If gunmen come tomorrow,
     we move to Paradise.

Tomasito Talledo is a professor at the University of the Philippines in  Iloilo. He  is currently finishing his PhD Sociology at UP Diliman. He is an active member of Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND-UP).                         

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