Ofero Basbas Biography

at the beginning, facing a blank page,

don’t let the editor in.
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Would have stayed a bit longer
but i am running out of words
i had hoped my words would count
for something like the great poets,
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what is happiness. then?
is it like a passing fad
a breathe, a puff, a dewdrop?
the longer i live the lesser
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ano, kun siring, an kaogmahan?
ini baga sarong bagay na uso lang ngonyan
sarong hinangos, buga nin duros, ambon lang?
habang ako naggugurang, nagdidikit an sakong aram; recuerdo asin pagkakataon,
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a rose in one hand and silence

in the other,
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