Category Archives:Poems and stories by mingming

Mar. 14.

Turete

 

by mingming (25 Sept. 2008)

 

naalimpungatan ang pusa sa bintana.  kumaripas.  rrrriiiinnnnggg.   rrrrriiiinnngggg.  bumalikwas ang natutulog na si kulas.  hello.  rainier.  hindi po si rainier ito.  muntik ng ibato ang telepono sa pusang tumakbo.  sabay higa at pikit.  rrrriiiinnnnggg.  riiiinnnnnggg.  hello.  rainier.  si rainier catacutan ba ito?  yung nagtatrabaho sa congress?  nagtatrabaho din po ko sa gobyerno pero hindi po si rainier ito.  wrong number po.  alas otso na pala.  tanghali na.  nakapikit na naligo at nagbihis.  miyaw.  miyaw.  mingming, gutom ka?  maghanap ka muna ng daga.  mamaya uuwian kitang siopaw.  nanlaki ang mata ng pusa.  biro lang, ming.  siksikan na naman sa mrt.  kelan ka kaya magkakakotse?  kakatamad.  taas pamandin ng sahod mo.  umuwi ka na lang kaya sa inyo?  sa negosyo ng tatay mo?  pride.  hirap. 

rrrrriiinnnng.  rrrrriiinnng.  hello.  rainier?  asawa ba ito ni rainier?  hindi po.  sorry po.  kumaripas ang natutulog na pusa.  pikit uli.  sarap matulog.  rrrrrrriiiinnng.  rrriiiinnng.  hello.  rainier?  sorry po sir, wrong number po.  hindi po ito asawa ni rainier.  nagtatrabaho po ko sa gobyerno pero wala po kong kilalang rainier.  alas otso na pala.  tanghali na.  nakapikit na naligo at nagbihis.  miyyyawww.  miyyawww.  kulas?  gutom ka na?  walang pagkain.  hanap ka muna ng daga.  mamaya uwian kita ng siopaw.  biro lang.  siksikan na naman sa mrt.  kakatamad.  late ka na naman. 

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pink roses
Feb. 14.

It’s Valentine!

 

This probably doesn’t mean anything, but let’s take a look at the other side of a Happy Valentine.

This poem was syndicated from mingming’s old blog.

 

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Feb. 13.

Reflection

 

 

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Feb. 09.

Piano

 

 

by  mingming, the cat waxing poetic    

10/20/08

 

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Jan. 28.

1 life to live

 

written January 9, 2009

by mingming, the cat with just 1 (?)  life to live 

 

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon but that we wait so long to begin it.

                                                                                                           - W.M. Lewis

 

What would you do if you only had one month to live?  Would you do things differently? 

Everyday we wake up, we drag ourselves to work, go home, watch TV.  It all gets part of routine.  We live our daily lives dictated by the things we need to accomplish – work, work, work.  Then you wonder when you will get to do the things you want, go to the places you want to see, learn to paint, marry, have a family, enjoy life.  We all get trapped in the someday syndrome.  Someday, I’ll get to do these things – when I have enough money, when I finish this and so on.  We never run out of reasons or come up with excuses on starting to live the life that we have always wanted to have.  Then you find out that it is too late.  I should have worn that bathing suit when I was thinner, I should have said yes when he asked, I should have traveled when I was stronger, I should have tried painting, I should have said sorry.  I could have been happy.  Then we are stuck in a mire of trying to get back what we have lost, wondering why we have squandered a life that could have been well spent.  Could haves, should haves.  

As Paul urged the people of Corinth, “Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us” (2 Corinthians 6:1 MSG), we are encouraged not to put this life to waste.  

Live in the now.  Make every moment count.  Make your life count.  Live, love, learn, and leave behind a legacy.  

We only have ONE LIFE TO LIVE so start living it!            

 

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