“Santa Clarang pinong-pino / Ako po ay bigyan mo / Ng asawang labintatlo / Sa gastos ‘di magreklamo!”
(“Saint Clare, most refined / Upon me please bestow / Spouses thirteen in all / As for the expense, I won’t complain!”)
~ traditional lyric sung in fertility rituals; Obando, Bulacan
The shiver in the skin
of fire tree leaves
The smallest tear
in the egg’s membrane
Hot skies in May
blue enough to drop
Cartwheels in the wombs
of skirted saints
In response to Via Negativa: Easy Rider.