Ka-DOLL-dalan

Two tanka and a short chuva poem...yan ang pinagkakaabalahan ko habang nagpapatusta sa harap ng eckeltric fan.


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Ventriloquy

Dummy talks of love
The words echo hollowly
Glass stare evokes fear
No need for a heartless doll
The puppetmaster I seek

Ventriloquy II

A marionette king
Wooden throne coloured with age
Teddy bear subjects
Afraid of his strings breaking
But tired of them nonetheless

Ventriloquist's Soliloquy

Gifted with no mouth
And a voice that speaks for itself
Overshadowed by dolls
Who pretend to be people
Wanting voices...

I am the puppeteer
But why do I feel
Like I am the one with strings?

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