The cockroach in my bathroom

The cockroach in my bathroom

And I play a game. He is afoot
when I'm barefoot, racing
along walls, climbing
onto the sink. He slinks
out of sight when I might
have my slippers, or my
shoes on. Once I
tried to kill him with the mop,
but that was a flop, it was too
soft. Tried to flush him down
the drain, tried to drown him,
but I found out he could swim.

So I bide the day we meet
and I have shoes on my feet.
Meanwhile, my bathroom is his
when I'm not there
I don't think of him either.


***
Bow.

THE CLOSING PARTY!

THE CLOSING PARTY! WEDNESDAYS OPEN PLATFORM

June 24 / bar opens 6PM

Featuring JED ESCUETA’S Unknown A.D. with live performances by

The Beauty of Doubt / Granada / Todas / Republika de Lata / Pink Cow / Einstein Chakras

Sometimes, we never really realize that those feverish delirious bouts of spontaneity could ever reach their plateau. Perhaps the temptation to be divine and immortal are to blame. Or even the comfortable proximity of weekly debaucheries which keep us hopeful despite the throngs of the ordinary workforce, to whom we also belong, forcibly incorporated to compromise play in exchange of those seemingly safe Friday night outs. It is hard to imagine how we have managed to take over the reigns of Friday in exchange for our anarchic Wednesday-hump-day love affairs. And as far as love affairs (the same way little get away adventures) are concerned, we all know that they too eventually reach that unbearable lightness. Some get married and the others move on to other adventures.

What started out as spur of the moment let's do this out of boredom affair has grown into much loved and awaited weekly gathering. A million thanks to all of you: doers, talkers, voyeurs and hangers-on alike. Not to mention those newly initiated virgins who also made our sober nights interesting. It's almost hard to believe that it's over–but it is, we are approaching the end. Not with sorrow, regret, melancholia, sentimental cheesy songs nor relief but with a party! What else?!

So join us as we close Jed Escueta's Mama Don't Take My Kodachrome Away with his final project Unknown A.D., an arduous photo documentation of the all around Pinoy punk degenerate and underground scene accumulated over the years. And yes to bid Wednesdays-m-Love a final adieu. To all of you who have patiently followed it and to some of you who have never made it. Nevertheless, we will agree that the ride was indisputably a big one for the books. So we all better be there!!! Catch the live performances of The Beauty of Doubt, Granada, Todas, Republika de Lata, Pink Cow and Einstein Chakras. This is your last chance to make it. Never say die for tomorrow we drink!

The WOP Residency Progran is suported by Arts Network Asia. www.artsnetworkasia.org http://wednesdaysmnlove.blogspot.com

GREEN PAPAYA ART PROJECTS

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greenpapayaartprojects@gmail.com www.greenpapayaartprojects.org / http://papayapost.blogspot.com

Word of the day.

New-brainer. n. [noo-breyner]. Something particularly difficult to accomplish, it requires a new brain, esp. one undamaged by alcohol abuse. Antonym: no-brainer.

Happy albeit rainy Mondays, despite the song.

Featured readers for the 54th, advent-of-the-monsoon edition of the bi-weekly Happy Mondays Poetry Nights @ mag:net cafe Katipunan TONIGHT, June 1, @mag:net cafe Katipunan are as follows:

1. Totel De Jesus
2. Waps San Diego
3. JC Casimiro
4. Larry Ypil
5. Pocholo Goitia
6. Hussein Macarambon
7. Petra Magno
8. Mikael Co
9. Keith Cortez
10. Ramil Gulle
11. Mia Tijam

12. Jonar Sabilano

13. Allan Pastrana

14. Angelo Suarez
15. Emman Nobleza

(hosted by Drey Teran)

*plus other regular and surprise guest readers.

*readings start promptly at 7:30 pm followed by the Open Mic sessions @ 930pm-10pm.

*for those interested in reading during the open mic, we will leave a sign-up sheet with Rogel, the bar tender of mag:net cafe. please feel free to sign up and read your work. :)

10pm onwards, Happy Mondays BayawAcoustikZoundz featuring:

1. Jonar Sabilano
2. Waps San Diego

3. Roberto Nicolas

FREE ADMISSION the whole evening. Kitakits po tayo. :)

photo above courtesy of rlv.zcache.com