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WHY ANTI-GLOBALIZATION HAS BEEN A NATIONAL SECURITY PEST [For Roberto and His Men]
i bet that if canada and the philippines become communist states
rich commies will hurriedly flee to the united states
fancy the modern dresses that liz taylor wore
and surely wish that ______ becomes a *****
for they know that life in a communist state is hard
where slowly but surely they’ll torture hard
why can’t they import or buy a soviet Lada
has it been because they fancy BMWs here in canada
why then don’t they reside in vietnam
has it been because they want to turn this country into a bedlam
has it been because they want to sow anarchy
abolish the non-intrusive british monarchy
through globalization the chinese benefit
through haggling we buy their shoes we fit
through globalization the fidelistas benefit
those cuban cigars we generously lit
for people like us in this country[pilipinas]
better to be christians hanging bells on a christmas tree
than to be insurrectionists and rebels “seeking death”
that’s what the Holy Bible has predicted and sayeth
how many levis jeans has loretta worn
how many hallmark greeting cards has she torn
how many imported cigarettes has antonio smoked
how many republicans have they yoked
‘times have they spent their holidays in the united states
while people in cuba cannot travel to foreign states
how many times have they condoned
torture in ____where ______has been cordoned
‘times will i tell you that reagan too have survived an assasination attempt
same way as roberto* had but who does not preempt
all chances to publish this kind of poetry
or attempts to hang bells in a christmas tree
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO[1980]
roberto*- IG Chief
WHILE PAPA BANKER WAS CUDDLING A STRIPPER ON HIS LAP [Manchurian Candidate Was Telling On Us]
our bodies were maimed and tortured
pierced by bullets and spleens ruptured
our eyes were gouged by bayonets thrusted
our limbs became useless, amputated
for sole reasons, we’re “lackeys of imperialism”
“tools” of the hated democratic capitalism
because of these we have been discriminated at food banks[san diego, new york, san francisco]
never earned promotions to upgrade our ranks
one by one compromised, we disappear in the battlefields
while closet politicians* take pleasure on business yields
communists and terrorists have almost taken over the continent
while they scoff and laugh at us to their hearts’ content
because they have made orphans of our daughters
zealous enough not to make our deaths big matters
inspite of these we die for free enterprise and democracy
instead of encouraging dissidents who have been demo-crazy^
closet politicians- Manchurian candidates, Philbies, potential Sukarno[Indonesia]
demo-CRAZY- inclined to participate in violent demonstrations and disruptive rallies
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO [1973]
DISMAL AND TEEMING WITH GHOST TOWNS
vladimir was fuming and was irate
the harvest starving peasants ate
those lingering times when he removed the profit motive
on which they depended on their way by locomotive
tragic that it had a negative repercussion
that disastrous wild and galloping inflation
hence, they have to limit their produce to their own consumption
millions of peasants died of famine and exhaustion
the law of supply and demand they cannot refute
and labor camps that placed them in disrepute
the market mikhail and andrei adopt
in legal parlance they had been “estopped”
wages they determined by the law of supply and demand
because of that sergeyevich got a reprimand
“how else can they attract workers in siberia?”
“if not to increase wages there!” asked maria
“will it be another uprootment and mass deportation?”
and again determine the tempo of the Plan by intuition?
almost everyone should not have been a peasant
if it were democratic where life has been pleasant
commerce and trade should have absorbed all of them
and everyone can afford a car and a modem
everything has been available including amenities in life
unless one has been lazy or torn by domestic strife
the capitalist has no assurance
dwindling profits that cover car insurance
only to provide utomost consumer satisfaction
all that he has been getting was commie’s extortion
a lawyer demeans me for having no money
in my defense of free market for the sake of honey
mao declared it to be “voodoo economics”
remember his morbid mortality statistics
during the Great Bloody Purge
that failed to Leap Forward even to slightest surge
give me then a valid explanation
this time no longer an aberration
psychic surgery which i spread quivering pen
to all those desperate communists of Phnom Penh
finally, daily has he* gotten death threats
while Dubya assiduously solicit bets
whether commie’s wish and prayer comes true
that he loses this election and disappears out of the blue
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO
he* – General Roberto Delfin, IG Chief
LEST THY NOT BE ALARMED By Victor
[We Own Eighty Eight Percent of the CPP-NPA]
I was lucky enough to be invited near Fort Sill
My feelings drifted from gloom to thrill
What was I going to wear on that ballroom dance
On which everyone was eager to get his chance
A Member of Congress took the time to invite
Me to a dance dressed the fanciest that night
I made a polite hand of rejection
That caused her melancholy and dejection
I’m sorry ma’m but i’m looked down upon as a leper
A “communist” like me deserves only to be a househelper
Manning the kitchen and serving[pause]
Well, I’m a leper too victor undeserving[slight pause]
Answers resonated in their sensitive cochleas to hear
Caused their conscious minds ot remain astir
Thus were they convinced of our “zeal” to such that we can tease
Them that now we were made “Party Members” with such ease
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO[1971]
ANYTHING EVIL IS POSSIBLE WITH EVIL
[Ask The Good Psychic Surgeon, Alex Orbito]
he* passionately defended his Dialectics of Nature*
while God was lecturing him the chemistry of manure
while at the time he was talking to Good Deity
angels then were pretending to accept his heresy with “gaiety”
he insistently interpreted Biblical creation literally
while He imploringly asked him to do it figuratively
“creation”, He said, ” was a long process”
“not at the spur of the moment with no recess”
He then predicted what color______ dress will be after a day
And after six long weeks what ______ would exactly say
He gave him the gift of tongues and aptitude to write
and went out of His Way to ask him if finances were alright
he gave him a litany of complaints in his bed
While He enticed him with His Kingdom with Christ who bled
I tell you my friend, “I am not to blame for man’s indigence”
He’s Satan, whose wishes I have granted in my indulgence
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO
*Dialectics of Nature- that everything has to be explained in accordance with prevailing principles of science like the law on gravity, law on electricity, law on matter,etc.
*he- Beria, Stalin, Mao tse Tung, Polpot, and those NPA in murderous frenzy
SECULAR POLITICS BIBLICALLY INSPIRED by
be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves”
be like those “innocent sparrows flying in droves”
they “don’t know if tomorrow they’ll eat or not
they don’t know that the Good Lord loves them a lot
economic uncertainty implicit in verse
same way as He like democratic capitalism “unrehearse”
good americans don’t know if tomorrow they’ll eat or not
good filipinos don’t know if they’ll get sick or not
stop playing god, sison, you incorrigible communist
stop playing too, satur, you depraved marxist
if God wills kintanar to die, then he’ll die
choose between two tiers when one is about to die
in Philippine General hospital they treat malignant tumors
free!! including morphine that calms down their tremors
work!! so that you can afford private health insurance
then finally tell those minor ailments good riddance
for the Lord has a plan for us when we get sick
He too has a plan for us when our finances are bleak
you might not know that it was proof that good is good
because if not, then devils Sison and Ocampo would be “good”
so then be innocent sparrows flying in droves
be “wise as serpents and harmless as doves”
MGA KASAPI SA SAKSI NI PEDRO
“KAPITALISMO” ni Ayn Rand
“Ang katuwirang moral ng kapitalismo ay hindi nasa mapagkawanggawang angkin na ito’y kumakatawan ng pinakamabuting paraan upang matamo ang ‘kabutihang panlahat’. Tutoo na nagagawa nga ng kapitalismo – kung ang pamansag na ito’y may maski anong kahulugan – ngunit ito’y pangalawang bunga lamang. Ang katuwirang moral para sa kapitalismo ay nasa katunayang ito lamang ang sistemang katinig ng likas na katuwiran ng tao, na ito’y kumakalinga sa kaligtasan ng tao bilang tao, at ang kanyang namumunong tuntunin ay: KATARUNGAN”
A deafening silence here…