Thursday, November 3, 2022

THE VERNAL FIGMENT (3 of 3)

 

 Life
by Romar Pabustan

Life is not
Like a movie--
Life is stranger;
Weirder— it is
more mysterious;
more perilous
than a movie.

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Crime
by Romar Pabustan

Tick – tock!
Tick – tock!

Tick! (crime)
Tock! (crime)
TICK! (CRIME)
TOCK! (CRIME)
                        TICK!
                        TOCK!
TICK!  
TOCK!
                        tick!
                       Tock!
tick!
tock!
                      tick!
                      tock!
tick!
tock!


Tick – tock! 
Tick – t-t-t-t-tock!

 (everywhere).


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Fashion
by Romar Pabustan

It is an art,
An art of trickery,
To conceal a truth--
Truth beauty,
To create a new look.--
A brand new art,
the ART-ificiality.

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Ideas
by Romar Pabustan

Ideas 
are not mind’s work.
Ideas 
are being whispered 
by Angels
Which God has given 
as blessing.
The blessing in holy disguise… 


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Juvenile Delinquency
by Romar Pabustan

People on their time of confusions;
to show outlandish emotions;
to illustrate self-expressions;
of their misunderstood missions;
of their misunderstood transitions;
to get mom’s love and affection;
to get dad’s pride and attention…


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Advertisement
by Romar Pabustan

 Trap, just a trap;
a hypnosis;
a sweet illusion--
  said and done--
is all (more)
 about wealth 

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Geniuses of the World
by Romar Pabustan

Perspicacity + intellect
Ingenuity + sageness
Cleverness + cunning
Craftiness + shrewdness
Wisdom + intelligence
Deftness + giftedness
Aptitude + inventiveness
Precocity + faculty
Creativity + sagaciousness
Skillfulness + dexterity
Adroitness + legerdemain
Astuteness + acumen
Expertise + capability
Judgment + insight
____________________
COMMOTION


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Mystery
by Romar Pabustan

What? When? Which? 
Where? Who? Why? How?
(???????) When? Which? 
Where? Who? Why? How?


(???????)

Which? 
Where? Who? Why? How?


 (???????)
Where? Who? Why? How?


 (???????)
Who? Why? How?


 (???????)
Why? How?

 (???????)
 How?

 (???????)
...

(But still)


What? When? Which? 
Where? Who? Why? How?


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Problem and Solution
by Romar Pabustan

Problem is not problem;
Is not life’s part;
Is just nothing.

Solution, finding solutions,
Is the real problem;
Is the man‘s unseen aim.


Emancipation

Emancipation is a chimera,
like blindfolded man
 sees (nothing,except)
the superior (and inferior)
                                   but,
In reality, 
 is a fiction…
The most fictitious word 
in the world of lexicography
take off the blindfold,
The man still lives in slavery.

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Problems
by Romar Pabustan

I agree, 
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel,
Yet the tunnel is unimaginably stretched.

I agree,
There’s still light at the end of tunnel,
Yet the light is dimly lit. 

I agree,
There’s light and even wider than the darkness
Yet more tunnels sooner to pass through….


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Education

by Romar Pabustan

Knowledge vs. ignorance
Diligence vs. indolence
Virtue vs. vice
Theory vs. opinion
Dream vs. despair
Active vs. passive
Diplomacy vs. indiscretion
The battle is on… still.

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Discrimination
by Romar Pabustan

The
world’s
most
incurable
man-made
disease…
and it will 
never be 
cured
for
 sure.

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Racism
by Romar Pabustan

It
is the
world’s
most
Trivial 
and funniest law
that 
ever 
made in
 world history--
Classifying 
peoples’s roles in a society
based on skin tones.

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Music
by Romar Pabustan

It is an opinion
Others like it
Others don’t
It may be soothing
… enthralling
… disturbing
… unworthy.
It may be seen like a painting or
… like a graffiti.
Others love it
Others don’t.
It’s an opinion.


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BLISS
by Romar Pabustan

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whew!


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Real Definitions
by Romar Pabustan

Music is music
Love is love
Sorrow is sorrow
Sky is sky
Chemistry is chemistry
Life is life 
Prose is prose
Poem is poem
Ingenuity is ingenuity
Sacredness is sacredness
Bliss is bliss
Ignorance is ignorance
Hatred is hatred
Death is death
Phenomenon is phenomenon
History is history
Prejudice is prejudice
Mystery is mystery
Society is society

Nothingness is nothing….


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Self
by Romar Pabustan


+ + +
- - -
= = =
+ + +
- - -
= = =
+ + +
- - -
= = =
+ + +
- - -
= = =
+ + -
- - -
= = -
+ - -
- - -
= - -
- - -
- - -
- - -

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Belittlement
by Romar Pabustan


They bow
their
heads
because of gold
on the ground

I bow
mine
because of pillory.

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Filipino
by Romar Pabustan

Good-natured people ever since
Proof is the history.

Touché!
They never invaded any territory
They never think of building an empire
They never discriminate peoples (unless).

Touché!
Haven of hospitability
Paradise of versatility
Sanctuary of various arts
Asylum of artisan.

Touché! 
Humility… 
Open-mindedness …
Benevolence… 
 Hence,
They are supreme on the eye of God

(Filipino)

Yesterday
…became underdog;
…became inferiors;
…became victims,
Amiability and kindheartedness were their Achilles' heels

Today, 
…become survivors;
…become sturdy;
…become fighters,
Versatility and adaptability are their armaments

Tomorrow,
…will become champions;
…will become world’s heroes;
…will become shining stars,

Invasion of the world through 
Being a Filipino will be 
Their breakthroughs.


(Filipino)

Like
Star will shine,
Phoenix will arise,
Reincarnation will occur,
Cloudy water will settle down,
Dream will come true.
Being a Filipino is the rejoinder…

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Suicide
by Romar Pabustan

SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY
SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY
SELF-PITY       myself      SELF-PITY
SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY
SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY, SELF-PITY
 

(Suicide)

Will the world cry
…. If I die?
Or just nothing
…like a rotten rat dying?
If I’ll go now
…would they remember my worth?
Or just nothing
…like an ember dying?

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Retort 
by Romar Pabustan

You’re the key,
But I am the locksmith
You’re on the pulpit
But I am on the pedestal
You’re excellent 
But I am perfect… 

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Pretension
by Romar Pabustan

Let me tell you
Straightforwardly
Of that an advantage of pretending

I had found out the secret
To get the heart
And be
Befriended
Was just to listen like a dupe
And pretend
that you were persuaded or swayed
On their 
doings and sayings.

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Wickedness
by Romar Pabustan

I still believe that everyone has own wickedness
Even the children of God,
Even the salts of the earth,
Even the paragon of virtues,
No one can escape from wickedness,

Even you and I…
are you?

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Painting
by Romar Pabustan

Painting
is the craziest
wasting time of life
of stupidity
But a stupidity of realizing
the meaning of
crazy
life and time.

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Teaching
by Romar Pabustan

Ahhh… It’s paramount!
No one can replace this vocation
No one can ever be 
It’s eternal as infinity…
No beginning, no ending.
 
For sickness, sacrifice and sufferings,
No matter what will happen on our world
Teaching is paramount!

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Mind
by Romar Pabustan

Mind
is like water
in a pool,
If water is rippling
It’s hard
to see the bottom
Yet,
If the water
is rested
It’s clear…


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Women
by Romar Pabustan

And yes, they are weak and sensitive
And yes, they are overly expressive
And yes, they are unfathomably passive.

And yes, they are…
And yes, they were….
And yes, they will be…

Women, women, women,
Though they are women
They have exceptional personae
Irreplaceable aestheticism of intelligence
 That nothing the men have.
No man has

And finally, we, men, will admirably utter,
“Yes, they are women!”

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Bleak Future
by Romar Pabustan

Endless wars—Blood!
Immobilized…
Polluted…
Perilous calamities—Catastrophe!
Gluttony…
Sloth…
Greedier leaders—Death!
Barren…
Antediluvian…
Crying hearts—Hopeless!
Agony…
Crime…
Various pandemic—Damned!
Living steel…
Chaotic life…
Blazing sky…
Last judgment Day! 

We decide.

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