BANANAS

BANANAS

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Bananas
are benevolent
providers

of delight
for our tongue,

and fuels
for our body;

they too
can be

the measures
of terror

sowed
by perpetrators

of naked power
in tropical princedoms.

[Writ. 27 Sept., 1987, University of the Philippines, QC.]

REFLECTIONS ABOUT WORK
Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

There can be
no savoring the foods
offered by Terra
without working hard for their generation;

no consumption of bounties
in torrential showers
without striving
for their production;

no recital of flowery
words about justice
without active contention
for their fruition;

no pleasant rest
of mind and body
without processing by
the sweatshops of labour;

no blissful state
of realized utopias
without rendering sufferings
from waylaid obstacles.

[Writ. 27 Sept, 1987, University of the Philippines, QC.]

DIXIELAND LEGISLATOR IN NUDE

DIXIELAND LEGISLATOR IN NUDE

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Dixieland legislator
Has a dream to be president
Someday in Democrats’ name

Yet fond was he
To google Earth with his nudity
Chagrin-bleeding Democrats’ shame

[Philippines, 21 September 2011]

PLAY STATION PRESIDENT

PLAY STATION PRESIDENT

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

PH Prex
Drives Porsche
Dates diva girls
Shoots guns for play
Trusts cronies

He too
Craves for playstations
His leadership craft
Mapped out in games

Happy-go-lucky
Did he render his country
Like toy land

[Philippines, 14 September 2011]

FALSE PROPHETS MUSHROOM

FALSE PROPHETS MUSHROOM

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

False prophets round the world
Are mushrooming by the millions

Of quack spirituality
Their brain lobes
Might be split in many pieces

Bearing fragmented psyche
They herald doomsday
Last Judgement too

Their sonorous crescendo
Are peaking like zillions
Of enthused messengers
Pronouncing the elect
After Earth’s washing by tides
Of Apocalyptic cleansing

[Philippines, 07 September 2011]

ELEPHANTS RAMPAGE KILL MAN

ELEPHANTS RAMPAGE KILL MAN

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

A man lies dead
By the side
Of a street
In urban India

Killed was he
By rampaging
Elephants

As man
Had enslaved the Elephant
For nigh eons
Is it cause
For wonderment
That the Elephant
Is exacting payback?

[Philippines, 28 August 2011]

GREED KILLS FISHES

GREED KILLS FISHES

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

Greed kills fishes
‘Tis fishy to use fish
To stigmatize greedy ones
As involved in fishy business

Like those
Millions of fishes
Killed
In Taal & Pangasinan
Fish cages swarmed
With stink
Foul odors that
Sickened kids and folks

The stink
Of fishkill carcasses
Is impeccable
Mirror of greedy
Fishcage owners’
Unfathomed stink

[Philippines, 12 August 2011]

CROCODILES AND GRAFTERS

CROCODILES AND GRAFTERS

Erle Frayne D. Argonza

I was raised to believe
That corrupt people
Are crocodiles.
Funny mis-thought!

Crocodiles are a marvel
To the eyes
Grafters are most scornful
They redden one’s eyes

Crocodiles stop eating
Satiated after
Sumptuous meal
Grafters are
Insatiable eaters
Fattened by greed

Crocodiles don’t eat
Spoiled meal
Like fishkill carcass
Grafters are zombies
Of living carcass
Living on others’ pockets

Crocodiles’ extinction
Make people uproar
Concerned over crocs’ welfare
Grafters’ extinction
Is the great dream
Of all for peoples’ welfare

Crocodiles induce compassion
Grafters heat up passion

They are
Not
Identical

[Philippines, 07 August 2011]

CAYLABNE BAY

CAYLABNE BAY

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

In the 3rd quarter of 1993 to recall
Did I visit Caylabne Bay with a large entourage
Of professors & experts from state & NGOs

For three days convening in a picturesque tour site
Created by former 1st Lady Marcos in the historic town
Where once Sultan of Ternate once settled
After running away from marauding Dutch forces

Wondrous a place holistic enough for meditations
We reflected on the health human resources here
Worried we were all by the flights of health professionals
Brain drain a phenomenon as they settle overseas
As huge as two thirds of nurses and a fourth of doctors
Then conjured thoughts about studies on the subject
With undersecretary Jimmy Tan gracing the occasion
Tough work twas for us all ditto for me who facilitated
Workshops comprising of brilliant minds

To soften the toughness of talk & thought
We immersed in the warm pools for two straight nights
Swimming amidst rain downpours of a stormy month
Massaging our bodies with Jacuzzi to conclude parties
Sipping wines & beers to go with hand pick delicacies

Happy I was to be in this wondrous tour place
To immerse shortly in the spirit of an ancient sultan
For in my blood runs too the bloodline of Majapahit nobles
Spiced up we were for noble visions

[Philippines, 03 August 2011]

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WILD PIG HUNTING

WILD PIG HUNTING

Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago

Shooting wild boar can be exhilarating yet funny
But shooting a wild mother sow could bother conscience

Twas on my second return to southern California in 2001
That my sibling Emerald and myself went out to hunt
For wild game/pig to gun down and take home as meat

In a southern California hilly area did we go to
Paid the fee we parked the Bronco on ground
Then walked a-zigzag downhill curving in the way
Slowly we walked downwards yet till I sensed a presence
By my mystical faculties I knew our hunt was there
And indeed upon turning right downwards there it was
A family with sow suckling its baby pigs

Hurrying up yet slowly walking onwards
Bro Emerald aimed to shoot at the sow
Taking just a shot to execute the hunt twas over
At once the sow fell while the baby pigs scampered
Then the small truck of the game area owner arrived
There we loaded the felled sow as we drove along
Upon transferring the game to our Bronco
We went home feeling both victorious and guilty

So healthy a meat it was to recall
Of pork with nary a fat to parlay its skin underneath
Exquisitely tasty we gradually consumed it for two weeks
Even as we gave many a piece to family friends
And partying we too barbecued some of it
To go along with tequila and Tecate beers

[Philippines, 28 July 2011]

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