CLARK
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
From ’86 through 2004 did this enthused traveler visit
Clark Airbase of Angeles City blues in Pampanga
Marveled many times thus at its constructs
Trade shops and resort spots to rest the day
First coming to teach at the Clark campus
Of my beloved University of the Philippines
To teach sociology to American G.I.s and personnel
Driven by school van we came home at night
Shopping for ice cream & chocolate delights
Then onwards in ‘89 through ’94 did I come back
Again and again as resource lecturer of learning tours
Bringing along students from Manila’s diverse schools
Interacting with American troops on their last stay there
Till the days when Americans were to be seen no more
Onwards till 2001 bringing along a high school classmate
We stayed by famed Mimosa to drink & chat
While others played some baccarats in casino fumes
The coming home proud with baggages of choco & liquor
Bought from bazaars of free trade there
Move forward again in 2004 where my palace team
Planned the founding of a new agency by the river Pasig
Back to Mimosa to stay and workshop the days
Then leaving Clark full with chocos liquors & buys
From the same free trade bazaars
Then lastly to celebrate the opening of Macapagal air
Graced by brilliant lady president Gloria d’ economist
In late 2004 saw for the last time the long airstrip
Of the once mighty American airbase to spare
Did meet d’Gloria for the first time to boot
[Philippines, 21 April 2011]
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