Caveat by Richard R. Gappi

Raise your fists
grip your weapons
put your wide smiles into focus.

Widely
gushing
like a well of oil,

the good news
flows fluidly;

it runs

as far as the oily, gaping lips
of the pipes in Wall Street

in

New York.

They never settle;
just like a newly spilled bottletop
in Oktoberfest.

-Translated by Aris Remollino
2011, October 22

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Pasintabi
-Richard R. Gappi

Itaas ang kamay,
hawakan ang armas,
ipokus sa malapad na ngiti:

kasimbilog,
kasingbulwak
ng balon ng langis

ang dulas ng daloy
ng magandang balita;

umaagos

hanggang sa nagmamantikang nguso
ng tubo sa Wall Street

sa

New York.

Hindi magkamayaw.
Parang bagong bukas
na tansan sa Oktoberfest.#

-Richard R. Gappi
9:25PM, Huwebes, 20 October 2011
Angono 3/7 Poetry Society
Angono, Rizal, Pilipinas