Christopher Columbus says to the historian
that outside world is not to be feared but explored
It's a half truth and a half lie
here in life adventure
an outside world from my barrio address
I have no single shadow of fear while
exploring, searching, meager peso enough
for monthly tenement house,
for spiritual divine obligations,
for daily allowances
for jeepney fare transpo
for celphone load
for street food snacks
for a cool cigar immitation
for booze moderately
for anti-stress
for quarterly haircut budget
for laundry soap for my rugged old jeans
for tshirts bargain sale ukay-ukay
for poor boy tawas hygiene
for shoe shine and repair
for medical, NBI, police, barangay clearances
for CEDULA, XEROX copies
for resume or biodata
for 2X2 ID pics and passport size
for new short brown envelope
for employment credentials above
for next casual local employment
for another outside world job hunting
Historian replies to the explorer Columbus
and I am listening secretively
Yes, you fear not the outside world
because here in Marchan's city life adventure
the outside world of him has a fear into himself
fear for being unskilled and incompetent and
lacking college units credentials
while exploring outside world of unemployment
HR job interview result: i will call your number
within a couple of weeks or just wait for my call
or just wait for any vacancy
an indirect overused approach
for a fear to embarass naive applicant like me
that i am not directly hired.
reject!
(summer of 2000, Manila. before i took up AB POLSCI, Cebu 2001, Philippines)
A fine poetic narration, well described and structured...................
great imagination u have here.. u conjured up a masterpiece and i love history hehe u amazing!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
great narration and here...and I can feel your frustration when somebody deceived that you're to get the job or position, for a long time of waiting its gone to the air... well done bro....