*Cotswoldsaga, interlude and pastel idyll in ruffling shades*
Nuclear bunker open today
at the foot of Broadway tower
above herds of vintage cars
and fenced red ruminating deer
and the lifelike guard dogs
and jump jets
in the high street galleries
and soft toned limestone
in which a barman said
ah've never sin so many
whites from Lestah
as if a house price
like god
woke suddenly and noticed someone
--
David Joseph Bircumshaw
"We are shallow, mababaw ang kaligayahan."
-* F. Sionil José*
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