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Acquittal
Ni MXV Ong
i.
a century-old
rage burns
from the blades of rusty bolos
and bent bayonets.
ghosts of nameless
heroes
marched one noon
from the tunnels
of war
to the streets of Manila--
past the traffic
where people
intertwined with blue shielded lines;
past the protests;
past the police;
past a storm
of fire and lead;
a century-old
rage burns.
ii.
where criminals
in barong celebrated,
a twisted sister danced nude
of dignity,
sprawled on
the floor
of this house of greed,
the fruits of
injustice,
the spoils of victory.
iii.
heaven blessed
this moment of hell--
rusty blades
baptized
the marble floors with filthy blood.
above the carnage
of
"bayong-less" traitors,
dead heroes
have found rest.
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