A Crying Sham

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A woman weeps and intones a harrowing dirge
A loved one lost, she holds on to flitting images
Suffering more than she can weep, needing more tears
To wash away memories now encircling like gadflies

Others obliged and shed tears in sympathy
Rubbed their eyes out of conventional propriety
Snorting and clearing noses from welling mucus
Scented hankies now mushed and dampened

Teardrops cause ripples on Niobe's pool
Rush like tidal swells on indifferent strands
Surprising sand dunes helpless from the rush
Useless wrath for an unknown woman grieving

Unfounded tears gather into streams and torrents
Furious and raging, Oh what sham! Oh what hypocrisy!


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just wondering sir, sa klase ng mga tula ninyo at sa ganda ng mga salita na ginagamit nyo ano kaya ang itsura kapag nagsulat ka naman ng short story?

i hope to read something like that from youSmile

 

This is just from a Fan, Thanks! 

 

KarikaTuura

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Salamat Rom. Mayroon akong

Salamat Rom. Mayroon akong mga essays at short stories na naka post dito sa Filipinowriter. Check them out.