this damned war
has reached the shore
killing that stupid boar
at the frontline.
those who want power
are coatin those raisins with flour
they scamper about and scatter
tryin to make things brighter
yet no light comes from them
they don't seem to matter
at the frontline.
someone say let's padyak our way
while other say hell let's just pay
one guy with a honeycomb
gives the mob a sweet foam
in the mouth
as he speaks with lies
entertaining those flies
at the frontline.
a lady wants to be president
yet she even can't fix her resident
another one wants to be "it"
yet he even can't stand the itch
of licking the butt
of that sonafabitch
at the frontline.
a prayerful man offers himself for the job
but he can't even find the right mob
to convince that he meant well
no one can even tell
'cos he's hidin the scars
at the frontline.
a man with a past
dreams of getting the post
but he's the most undecided
he's afraid that he'll be cited
with two wives he mated
saying he's a Muslim
when he prays before the Nazarene
and even pulls the figurine
at the frontline.
Who's worthy for the crown
among the people in this town?
Will no one stand up
and hold the fuckin cup?
Is there a horseman who can ride
gallop and proudly stride
down memory lane
of glory's past?
Who'll say I'll be happy
to bring down America's puppy?
When all are like Starbuck's
frappy
at the frontlines?
Showing posts with label history of the filipino ople. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The Filipino Masses as Enlightened Class
Are we really a young democracy that majority of the anakpawis, as what this BongV portrays in his article over at FilipinoVoices.com are "ignoramuses"? BongV wants us to believe that the D-E class are the worst because they allow all of these chaos to happen in this country. That the onus for change lies in us, the A-B class.
BongV must have been absent when his History professors were teaching him about Philippine history. Or, BongV must have been so blind that he forgot that the very freedoms he so enjoys now was the result of the "ignorance" of the D-E class.
It was a member of the D-E class, not an Ilustrado, who went out of his comfort zone just to break the hold of colonialism in this country. Members of this D-E class also went out of their way, forsook their own futures, and fought the Japs for democracy. And this same class went out to the streets in 1986 to eventually end a dictatorship.
The D-E class is not ignorant. They are even more intelligent than us. They vote actors in office to spite the political system. They regularly vote for comics and neurotic judges to national offices because they don't believe that these people will ever change the way things are anyway and better that these people occupy government posts for entertainment.
Whereas, members of the A-B class urge people to vote and for what? To vote for the perpetuation of a dysfunctional democracy? To vote to change a group of greedy elites with greedier ones? The D-E class knows this, that's why they mess the elections everytime. Are we so ignorant not to see why the D-E class behaves the way they do?
We, especially BongV, are the ignorant ones because despite our phds and our masteral degrees, we still don't understand them. And all these revolts led by us, the A-B class, have been failures. Whereas the revolutions the D-E class led all went well, and straight to victory.
It is not us who will eventually lead this nation to greatness and true change, no. It will be the Filipino masses, once described as the unwashed, who will eventually end this tragedy and jail the breakers of the law and their minions.
BongV must have been absent when his History professors were teaching him about Philippine history. Or, BongV must have been so blind that he forgot that the very freedoms he so enjoys now was the result of the "ignorance" of the D-E class.
It was a member of the D-E class, not an Ilustrado, who went out of his comfort zone just to break the hold of colonialism in this country. Members of this D-E class also went out of their way, forsook their own futures, and fought the Japs for democracy. And this same class went out to the streets in 1986 to eventually end a dictatorship.
The D-E class is not ignorant. They are even more intelligent than us. They vote actors in office to spite the political system. They regularly vote for comics and neurotic judges to national offices because they don't believe that these people will ever change the way things are anyway and better that these people occupy government posts for entertainment.
Whereas, members of the A-B class urge people to vote and for what? To vote for the perpetuation of a dysfunctional democracy? To vote to change a group of greedy elites with greedier ones? The D-E class knows this, that's why they mess the elections everytime. Are we so ignorant not to see why the D-E class behaves the way they do?
We, especially BongV, are the ignorant ones because despite our phds and our masteral degrees, we still don't understand them. And all these revolts led by us, the A-B class, have been failures. Whereas the revolutions the D-E class led all went well, and straight to victory.
It is not us who will eventually lead this nation to greatness and true change, no. It will be the Filipino masses, once described as the unwashed, who will eventually end this tragedy and jail the breakers of the law and their minions.
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