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Back To Childhood

i pay a visit to Apolonio today
now on his 60th year as tenant of my grandfather's farm

on my 50th year i begin to see the strangeness of the place
where i spent my childhood

the field of plain grass opens a view of a chase
of memories

coconut trees tower to the heights of my dreams
and the winding paths been converted as a wide street leading to the city
of progress and change

Apolonio's teeth are black and broken like a knife with jagged edge
his body emaciated his speech choppy

beside his wife who is already too forgetful about faces
he heaves a sigh and then tries to remember my mischief

hiding his hat and pushing him into the river
as he pastures the carabao that i let loose on the green fields

father was always angry
and mother was too defensive

the wind begins to blow and the clouds turn darker
yellow leaves fall from a very high makopa tree

and then it starts to rain
the rice ponds make the dripping sound of water

we take shelter in the old house where he now lives
his children have long been gone starting their own lives
in some other landlord's lands

he has regrets since not anyone has finished school
he tells that like a mirror to his past

the rain stops and then i bid goodbye
it is late and have no words to say anymore.

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