BURY MARCOS! BURY DUTERTE!

Bury Marcos, Mr. Mayor!

By JC Nigado

Mr. Mayor, you say

You detest crime and corruption,

And yet you honor blind

The Godfather of corruption and crime;

Against the altar of heroes, grave

Travesty and injustice to country and people

He and his cabal have plundered to this very day,

Building houses, roads and bridges 
To build up tombs, wars and debts.

Mr. Mayor, you say

You loathe criminals and liars,

And yet you embrace all

The congenital liar and criminal;

Of the heaps highest order

A decorated record of universal infamy,

From fake, parochial war medals

To the Dead and Disappeared,

Devoured by the dictator’s hand.

Mr. Mayor, you say

You hate addicts and drugs,

And yet you condone fit

The top dog and power addict;

Who menaced an entire nation,

Disgraced for twenty years, and still abject,

With his legacy of institutional corruption,

A system of routine abuse

That has spawned more Marcoses.

Mr. Mayor, I say

I detest, loathe and hate

All what you condemn foul

An open mind calibrates howl;

Self-preferred mayor to the state:

The corrupt, the criminal, the liar

And the addict you summarily dismiss,

Marcos is all these; bury him

And let Outrage bury in nightmare.

Before dawn, Thursday, 11 August 2016

Tagurabong City, Philippines