Tuesday, October 03, 2006

tribu blue

face to face with strangers
the night opens

with a pitcher of blue liquid and gin
and we match it with cigarettes
perhaps, in our attempt to belch out
the bitter taste of his skin

the second pitcher came
as i talked about long letters
and his short distant responses--
they relate to the coldness.
oh, how remembering
can bridge the souls of those forgotten.

the third pitcher poured
out her soul
slithering out her mouth
is apathy
concretized in his form.

the fourth pitcher spills out
memory:
his last words
his last kiss
his last touch.

down to our last glass
before the night closes in on us
we swallow down the very last
ounce of his being.

inebriated by memory
we suddenly head out to the sink
to finally puke him out of our lives
for him to join
the filthy side of forgetfulness

as we once did


now we lean against each other
the three of us
no longer strangers
and for the last time we raise a toast
for our new found tie.

(the first time with rej and red)

**not sure if i'm going to read it in rainbow project. not good enough for me eh. they might just laugh at my nonsense, perhaps i'll write a new one. for now this poem will just sit here to be read by no one. =)

2 comments:

Floating in my Bubble. said...

i read it! heavy tsong. iba ka talaga mag sulat. let's bring out the banko and the kanto sari sari store!

sisters said...

hahaha cge pare lets do that! o tagay mo na!!! :)