poetry

CoÑotations
by Paolo Manalo

1. I’m like tripping right now I have suitcase fever.

2. Dude, man, pare, three people can be the same.

3. Except he’s not who he says he is, pare. He’s a sneeze with Chinese blood: Ha Ching!

4. Naman, it’s like our Tagalog accent, so they won’t think we’re all airs; so much weight it means nothing naman.

5. Dude, man, pare, at the next stop we’ll make buwelta. So they can see we know how to look where we came from.

6. It’s hirap kaya to find a connection. Who ba’s puwede to be our guide?

7. Dude, man, can you make this areglo naman?

8. Make it pabalot kaya in the mall. So they can’t guess what you’re thinking. That’s what I call a package deal.

9. Who says ’coz should be shot.

10. Only kolehiyalas make tusok the fishballs. Us guys, dude, pare, we make them tuhog.

11. Talaga, she said she’d sleep with you? Naman pare, when she says talaga, it means she’s lying.

12. Hey, wala namang like that-an.

(from Jolography)

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