REST THEE CARABAO
Erle Frayne D. Argonza
From childhood to young
adulthood I feasted myself
With sights of carabaos at
work in fields of planters
Like willful servant the
carabao has been unto us
Humble Filipinos of an
aegis of rustic past
Came forth new times and
tractors filled the lands
Where carabaos once tread
the fields till wee hours
Gradually did carabaos
came to rest at last
No more to shame nor lame
for slave tasks
So let it be the new mark
of unfolding times
That carabaos be our true
friends sit in glory
[Philippines, 14
October 2010]
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