Streets
A Street Observation by Clinton Palanca, from the Likhaan Anthology of Philippine Literature in English (1998), Ed. Gémino Abad
Afternoons at home
Rare are the afternoons when I have idle time for myself. But yesterday was something else. There arrived an unexpected blessing—a pocket of sweet time when I had nothing to do. As soon I parked the car, I greeted my mother in her room, interrupting her Netflix viewing. I headed out to the living room. The sun was glorious but not scathing. Photographers call the late tropical afternoons the golden hour. I went back to my desk to grab the camera, whose existence I only recall when I travel. I jolted Paul from his nap. "Dali na!" I said. He yawned, stretched, and trailed me. After three years, we've figured out his body language. He was waiting for a treat, a belly rub, or some play time that involves an old tennis ball—or all of the above. "Hulat lang, Paul, ha?" I speak to him like I would to a three-year old. Nanay's small garden is a place of tranquility. You'd hear birds chirping. You'd see nests on top of the tree. They must feel saf...
parang no amount of traffic will ever make me read Beowulf again ahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteHahaha, me, too!
DeleteThe only Beowulf I've ever read is an English translation in a children's anthology, "Beowulf rules the Geats."
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