Entering a cave-dark theatre of Ever
Gotesco, I am wrapped with the chilly air
staled by the breaths of men seeking pleasure.
Front row, center seat. No one will bug me here
or offer a stray hand to unzip my pants.
I am not here for that. When the golden VIVA
flashes on the screen, my heart drums a quick beat:
bloodwarmth on my chest. The movie always opens
with her on a skimpy outfit, a goddess
towering before me. Soon, she sheds her clothes
and my eyes take in as much as I could see:
onyx-black hair cascading down her shoulders,
sparkling eyes, petal-soft lips, breasts
creamy white with rubies at their peaks,
hourglass waist, curvy hips, plump buttocks,
legs long and smooth and lean.
My skin tingles with an immense longing.
The hair on my arms and nape become erect
with her every apparition on the screen.
I watch her flawless body over
and over, unmindful of the cold.
The next day, another movie. Another star.
At nights on my fluffy bed, I moan their names,
wishing, dreaming I could be one of them:
Aubrey, Rica, Maui, Joyce, Assunta.
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Rodrigo V. Dela Peña was a fellow for poetry at the 40th UP
NAtional Writers Workshop. Formerly a student of BS Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology, he is now a BA Political Science student in UP
Diliman. He has won various campus poetry prizes, and was given an
honorable mention in the 1st Maningning Miclat Poetry Award. His poetry
has appeared in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine and the Sunday Times
Magazine.
