A Man Falls to His Death

Cirilo F. Bautista
Cirilo F. Bautista
(National Artist in Literature – 2014)

July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018

Education:
UST – AB Literature
St. Louis University, Baguio – MA Literature
DLSU-Manila – Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature
Professor of Creative Writing and Literature
Some Awards:
 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
 Philippine Free Press Awards for Fiction
 Manila Critics’ Circle National Book Awards
 Gawad Balagtas
 Pablo Roman Prize for the Novel
A Man Falls to His Death
Cirilo F. Bautista

Worksheets

Police Report No.

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3 (He was on
4 the noon shift forging the dream to a reality fine mean
5 could slumber in, or whores, in antechamber, touch their bone)
6 (Above the clogged engine
7 a shadow traced the lines on his foot, while shoot
8 his brain with firelights the money did).
13 (none noticed the leap; what they saw
14 was the red imprint)
22 (He was, a day ago, threatened
23 With dismissal for displeasing a superior)
30 (The Blank and Blank Co., Inc., regrets to announce that. . . .)
Man dies after jumping off NLEX Overpass
By Rey Galupo, The Philippine Star,
April 23, 2015 – 12:00AM

MANILA, Philippines – A man died after jumping off an overpass along the
North Luzon Expressway interchange in Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City,
snarling traffic in the area Tuesday night. Renjie Navarro died instantly after
he fell on passing vehicles along the highway, Valenzuela police chief Senior
Superintendent Rhoderick Armamento said.
Reports said barangay watchmen saw Navarro apparently waiting for vehicles
before he jumped off the overpass at around 10:30 p.m. One of the
watchmen, Antonio Ligasan, approached Navarro and tried to persuade him
not to jump but to no avail.
Medrano said the victim’s identification card shows that Navarro was a
worker at a factory in Barangay Parada, Valenzuela. Police checked the
closed-circuit television camera installed in the area but it was not
operational when the incident happened.
Digging Beneath Artistry

Why do you think the writer used

mathematical and geometric jargons
just to present the “death” of the
man?
A Man Falls to His Death
Cirilo F. Bautista

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