Yesterday was the City’s Charter Day
and the whole city was in festive mood—
fireworks, Mayor’s speech,
lechon, booze and food—including
someone like me.
So I went out to look around…
Somewhere in the plaza was a carnival
with circus and clowns trying to make
everyone happy—including
someone like me.
In the midst of this all, I found a crimson-
colored tent that promised a peek
at my future.
When I stepped inside it I got a greeting
of incense and sense of the soothsayer’s
perkiness. She impressed me when she said:
I know you are here to seek for your lover.
I began with the question: Will I ever meet him
in this lifetime? And she interrupted:
Oh yes! You’ll spend years, oh so
many years together. And boy, as a bonus,
you shall know too that he is damn
hot and handsome.
I went out and thought of
what the Fortune Teller said
that didn’t quite match with my doctor’s
prognostication.
Denver Ejem Torres has a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature Studies from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan and is a Fellow for Poetry at several national workshops. As a bilingual poet, he writes in his mother tongue, Visayan and English. He has appeared or is forthcoming in Asia Writes, Red River Review (USA), Bisaya Magasin (Manila Bulletin), 18th INWW Proceedings and Dagmay. Recently, .MOV International Film, Music, & Literature Festival included his poetry in Under the Storm: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Poetry. His interview and thoughts on the process of writing will appear in the March issue of 8finity Magazine. He blogs once in awhile at: http://literaturedtorres.blogsome.com.
