Author: Brian Dys

I caught her taking a swig out of the orange juice tetra pack. There was a steady stream about her cheek.

A clownish commotion in the living room was taking the spotlight. That was where I left Cheesecake and Beefcake. They were the cheeky aunties of dear old Clara. You noticed her when she came in just right after me, didn’t you? There were bright drip-drops on her fleece-white polo shirt.

Beefcake was foolishly attaching this He-Man arm to this He-Man body that she got from an Ovaltine pack. Cheescake was jitterbugging to Frank Sinatra’s Dancing on the Ceiling. What irony, I thought. Even this look that dear old Clara had was utter perplexity. We could not grasp what was going on in Cheescake’s click-clacking head.

Finally, we said, “That’s cheeky cheeky bonbon, Cheesecake.” Morosely.

Originally published in facebook.com/briansahagun

Transitory Dialogue between Trent and Consuelo

Consuelo: I think there’s no place to hide.
Trent: There has to be… Somewhere…
(Consuelo cuts in)
C: I think I’m part of your trouble [now that] you brought me into this.
(Trent looks Consuelo squarely in the eye)
T: You can’t be with me.
C: But I am.
T: Consuelo, they’re not human. They’ll walkover anything to get to me. Destory anything that is close to me.
C: Trent… (makes a Claire Forlani expression)
D: I’m going through this thing on blind luck. I know… (unintelligible)
C: Trent, oh, Trent, I think I’m falling in love with you.
T: Not me, Consuelo. I’m not in love.
C: I know. I know but I don’t care. Doesn’t matter. If one of us loves that’s enough.
T: [By] tomorrow morning very probably both of us will be dead.
C: Well, then there’s no time to wait for you to fall in love with me.

Consuelo then proceeds to kiss Trent. As their lips get to a minute gap, Trent pulls her into an action sequence.

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Nifty. Props to you, ladies’ man Trent.

Originally published in facebook.com/briansahagun

I had a teacher in high school who shared her visage with Tori Amos and Karen Peris.

Went home to the apartment in Cubao. Took the ferryboat ride. The wind was rather cold and gushing. People, especially the female youth were screaming frantically. Kids began crying when the ferryboat swayed to its sides.

Dropped by Handyman to buy some 3M non-abrasive cloth. Saw some mousetraps and bought one. I saw a sticky-type trap and saw a mouse inside the packaging. I thought it was a decoy, then it moved.

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From helloletter.blogspot.com

I went to PN to take pictures of the sunrise.

The distant bodies
Speak with coldness

Their voices shiver
and silently, they fade

I hope you’ll be all right, friend.

What do you all know about death?

Barnes

Originally published in White Sugar, 1/4 (happyobituary.multiply.com).

Okei kaya na maging bum na lang?

Kumain ng cream puff o kaya chiffon buong araw.

Maghalungkat ng mga lumang DVD at panoorin paulit-ulit.

O kaya maghardinero sa bakuran.

Tutal, kailangan nang gapusin ang bougainvilla dahil sumasayad na sa kawad ng kuryente. Marami na ring bunga ang punong mangga. Ano pa ba… Kailangan nang tagpasin ang puno ng aratilles na pumupunta sa bakuran namin – nagkakalat lang ng dahon.