Heartland Poems-3 Ilokano

Maskara ni Patay


Jigsaw: Hello Gloria, I want to play a game. So far in what could loosely be called your life you've made a living watching others. Society would call you an informant, a rat, a snitch. I call you unworthy of the body you possess, of the life that you've been given. Now we will see if you are willing to look inward rather than outward to give up the one thing you rely on in order to go on living. The device around your neck is a death mask. The mask is on a spring timer. If you do not locate the key in time the mask will close. Think of it like a Venus flytrap. What you are looking at right now is your own body not more than two hours ago. Don't worry, you're sound asleep and can't feel a thing. Taking into account that you are at a great disadvantage here I'm going to give you a hint as to where I've hidden the key, so listen carefully. The hint is this... It's in Singapore. How much blood will you shed to stay alive, Gloria? Live or die, make your choice.—From a Jigsaw Picture, December 31, 2011



Pagraemanmi nga Exselensia
a Babai a Presidente:
Panawenen tapno kadakam

ket ilawlawag
panangilemlemmengmot’
pakasaritaan nga insurat.


Kenka nga inyawatmi
iti manilengsileng a bandeja
a pirak tulbek ti pagarian.

Agrabrabii iti sibubukel
nga aldaw amin a tiempo intedmi
amin a masapul panangitunda

kadakam pagturongan,
adayo kadagitoy nga ammo
kas iti madagdagullit a pananggulib

dagiti presidente, iti panangipalubosmi
panangabalbalaydat’ balikas sapatami iti ili
a di makaammo a mangsuplit’ pammategmi.

Ti sapata ket karikaturat’ panagul-ulbod
sangaribu dagitoy, ket inikkanda met tiansa
panagpartuat sumagmamano pay manipud

lumlumteg a bassit-usit a dayaw.
Daga kadagiti makaammot’ agsukay.
Pagbirokan makabael a mangged.

Wayawaya kadakam a managtagtagainep.
Manipud adu a revolusion dagiti maris, verde
iti panangloko iti biagtayo manipud pupok ti amarilio

ti lualo a lualo a reformista ti balo
adda tapno ay-ayuenna laeng dagiti makasapul
ay-ayo, isuda nga agsasao iti Espaniol,

Ingles, Tagalog, karkarna a pagsasao amin,
di mangiyebyebkas kenka iti buya ti panagabuso,
panawenen tapno ibagam kadakami

ti narayray a maskara nga inusar
sa ti nangisit itan a naiparabaw iti ulo.
Kitaem ditoy, iti uneg ti maskara,

dagiti eppes a frase a rantam a ballikugen,
urnosen tapno dumawatka kadakami
iti pammakawan iti maminsan pay.

Makiay-ayamka iti daytoy maudin
a linnemmengan. Aglemmengka iti lawag
ti aldaw ket birokendaka.

Birokennakami iti sipnget
ket aglemmengkami. Impalladawmin
tulbek, binay-anmin nga agbirok

bukodna a tanem
iti barangabang panagpabus-oymi.
Mangabakka, maabakka pay laeng.

Hon,HI/Jan 1, 2011

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