Talk about a rude awakening! I got up early yesterday for one purpose and one purpose alone, which was to verify if I had a check at the check releasing center. Since two months had gone by since the last time I received a check of a substantial amount, I figured that there would be something more than the petty cash I'd been getting every week of January. Much to my dismay, the checks for those jobs were but wishful thinking. That meant that this week would be like the past three or four weeks or so - a subsistence. I turned on the television to help ease my mind a bit, so that I might figure out how the hell I would make my remaining P700. 00 last 'til God knows when. I'd never sell my soul... but, maybe I could put my body on the line. Thing is, I've never gone beyond P250. 00 all the way; and, while I could always settle for load, it wouldn't be good enough to put food on the table. Enter the testimony of Jun Lozada before the Senate. When Chiz Escudero took his turn to question Lozada, he made my day! Escudero: I believe that, sometimes, it takes a thief to catch a thief. So, despite the smudges on your record, I believe it doesn't necessarily mean you are lying. Lozada: Oo nga, sir, but there are different levels of thieves... Just like in basketball, there are there are different leagues. Escudero: Kung baga yung mga boss mo nasa NBA, ikaw, pang barangay lang.
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Escudero: Ika nga nila about the deal, nung nagawaan na ng paraan na utangin nalang ng gobyerno ang pera, the newspapers were quoted as saying that "GMA showed up in China, signed the contract, and disappeared like a THIEF IN THE NIGHT."
Thief in the Night! Hahaha! Had Escudero mistakenly been talking about someone else besides GMA? I asked myself. Was he perhaps referring to someone I know too well? The description just matches. In that light, let me share with you a poem I wrote about that person. I call this one...
BLACK THING
You come in an out of the house Like a "THIEF IN THE NIGHT" You say you're in a retreat in Tagaytay But really you're just out gallavanting With that goat. But you're a piece of work yourself, you filthy little beast You're so bad you make the devil look good You'd actually put a regular demon to shame And give Satan himself a run for his money All you do is lie, cheat, steal, and surreptitiously whisper pernicious thoughts like Wormtongue Thing is, you're not even a good liar And you're such a traitor you end up betraying even yourself.
The greedy little parasite you are You have to sneakily take all the food in the fridge, Bring it to work and pronounce to your officemates That you can "make lasagna from scratch" What a sociopath you are! You can't even wash the dishes you bitch What more cook!?
To make things worse you brought your seed into this world Using him like a Super Trump, As leverage to have your way with everyone And to make up for your not being there For all your shortcomings as a mother You put on this act in front of others That you're reinforcing their values But when the doors to your room close You pour poison into his ears, corrupting his mind "Don't listen to them," you say "They're wrong," you say That's how you compensate For all those times you said you were out on business But gallavanting with your new goat Who is a good goat but a poor one Because he is in love with you and doesn't know better He believes all your lies Oh, if only he knew about all your dark deeds If only he knew about that time you said something cost 30k But in reality didn't even go beyond 15k
I pity you, Princess of Darkness For you were raised the wrong way Always allowed to get away with anything This you knew And boy did you abuse this power!
You... you... you Black Thing, you! Down to the smallest of things, You have to be such a Black Thing Even later on, when you had the chance to do what was right And diffuse their pride and anger You riled them even further
I feel sorry for you, you Black Thing, you! Once a Black Thing always a Black Thing When the monster you created no longer needs you He will be the death of you By the time you realize that though It will be too late For that's how the wheel of karma turns And that's how Hell's fire burns.
