make me sit here
and laugh
after all those
years
they still touch me
those precious moments
and this slow life
tingles my heart
warming it
under the glowing sun
shining bright
making me think of
how I and my friends
howled hysterically
in splits
everywhere
we went
playing the fool
seemed to be
the rule
and hearing those
voices now in
my ears
seeing those instants
of hilarity
in my mind
I look at the sky
up high
at its brightness
and I close my eyes
and I hear the light
chortle and say hi.
with words
so many of them
I can’t open my eyes
I keep my mouth shut
and hold my breath
but in my ears
there is shouting
all garbled and wild
and mixed up
like madness
and now
I see people
in my mind
but they soon
turn into rats
and there are
so many
of them
they suddenly
explode
into blood
and my head
splits open
and I am gone
from this world.
and it is lying in pieces
on the road
outside my house
and inside here
my body is breathless
and thrashes about
all over the walls
the floor the ceiling
and there is blood
everywhere
and there goes
my left eye
as my head
splits open
and I die.
Dominic Alapat 