DIXIELAND LEGISLATOR IN NUDE

DIXIELAND LEGISLATOR IN NUDE

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Dixieland legislator

Has a dream to be president

Someday in Democrats’ name

Yet fond was he

To google Earth with his nudity

Chagrin-bleeding Democrats’ shame

[Philippines, 21 September 2011]

JUSTICE

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago


Everyday is a mortal tablet
upon which is inscribed the expectation
of all
that kings and princes
must exude
wisdom and justice

But justice is facilely broken off
It is a cheap jar bought from
an obscure bazaar
on planet Earth
broken
by kings and princes

[Writ. 04 June 1991, Cubao, Quezon City, M.Manila]