bombs & flooding all night

the riot ends, the shouting
gone where
the lamp post shaded a choleric phlegm, the night getting to nowhere
the breeze blows where,
getting a beer, none
no fridge, no tv, no automobile, no wallet
only a cup of coffee
the cheaper one, hair going white
eyes dimmer
dead bodies of saf 44 laid under the moonlit
with crickets crying
bloods
and bullets cold
bombs, bombs, more bombs
more fire
more dying
bum holding pushcart in the rain
the rain is unfriendly
the rain is falling like never before
flooding the statue of J. Rizal
flooding the bombs fell in Mindanao
flooding the bombs in Syria
bombs in Ukraine
flooding the whole world
flooding EDSA
flooding Tondo, Antipolo, Pioneer Ave.
where the bomb exploded and killed
mother & child one silent night of May
father is getting his small salary in ATM booth
uderpaid by…