FLORES, Francis G.

2015-13693

5 AM

I roused from a sound sleep

Father prepares milo

with still-warm pandesal

thus a brown meal

then a blue bath

So he in his black sweater

And me in my maroon shirt

Will ride the two-wheeled engine

For a fresh, cold trip

Till Philcoa, I’ll depart

for another ride

Green jeep to green campus

While he’ll continue

The trip to the real work

To the real world