Ungló

A Bikol poetry

Jan Celada
Pluma Manila
1 min readAug 13, 2020

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Sarong banggi
Nawaran kaming kuryente
Nagdiklom an palibot
Asin naguran ning matindi
Nagdaguldol asin garo
Nagkakaribok sa may likod mi
Igwang nagkurahaw nin
“Tabangi man kami!”
Turog-turog sinda Mama
Maabot palang si Papa
Mayo man ibang ma-responde
Igwang flashlight kas pundir, mayong baterya
Ay abaa na kita, ini nalang na esperma
Dali-daling nagluwas
Pero kalag ko garo nagbutas
Kan may nahiling akong kabayo
Na lalawgon sa tawo
Sinapak ko an sadiri
Baka nangigiturogan man lang

Pero dai, yaon pa nanggad sinda
Nag kukurahaw nin “Ubuson ta ini”

Pirang minuto pa nagkatok sa pinto mi
Si Junior man lang palan
Igwang kapot-kapot na bote
Mayò daang kuryente
Kaya ma-shot nalang kami

Ungló; a monster with the hoofs and mane of a horse and
the repulsive face of a man.

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Jan Celada
Pluma Manila

𝐫𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐳𝐡𝐚 / 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵 / 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 / 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 / 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳