Roadtrip ***** Super 5 Iligan Poem by Rommel Mark Dominguez Marchan

for vechay marchan who fetched me up from iligan bus terminal and to uncel henio and marchan family who opened doors and let me in last stranded night

back at Iligan
the industrial city
sprouting gigantic factories
inhaling iron-cast cemented-fume air

I mean I have breathing
dilemma
my lung is hard to pump
while taking a seat
at super 5 transport deluxe
at right window side
i have forgotten my handkerchief
to filter minute dust residue
criss-crossing in the air

It's been an hour
I am suffering hugg and puff
breathing
bleeding my nostril
for this stranded trip
(from Cagayan for passport application)