DATELINE: MANGATAREM
I have returned from Mangatarem last Monday, March 26th, and is presently resting in Cavite (Dasmarinas) from so much intoxication of the "tiki-tiki" of old age, the sweet nectar of nostalgia.
For the few times I could move with inebration, I opened my computer and visited your AJ blog. Behold what I saw: an untitled poem except for saying "a poem by christopher marlowe" and a picture of a nameless model. I can easily make out the title of the poem (that's how old I am) by simply reading the stanzas; its "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love".
And the model? Come on. On the DC, I wasn't born yesterday. The lilting torso and seraphic face unmistakably belong to a lion that I know that doesn't roar, but only sobs (sorry, this is just a metaphor, intended to humor your day); I leave you to guess who's in my mind.
I'm slated to leave for Infanta (Pangasinan) on Sunday, April 1st, to drink some more of the "tiki-tiki" of old age: reconciliation with relatives who seemed to have lived from another time.
SS
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To SS,
Maybe, if you can, bring home some of that "tiki-tiki" and share some with us old timers ( hah!). Maybe it will knock off some ten years out of our biological age.
Yes, I did not have to mention her name anymore. She requested that poem ( it might mean a lot for her ) and she e-mailed me that very recent photo.
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