Sana’y Hindi na Dapat Maulit Muli

NI  E. SAN JUAN, Jr.

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....pagkaraan ng mahabang pagsasalaysay

ng ginawang pagmamalupit ng mga sundalo ng diktaduryang   

     Marcos

               na naging vigilante ni Tita Cory--

                                                            pagkoryente

sa maselang bahagi ng katawan

                          pagduro ng sigarilyo

sa suso

         walanghiyang paglapastangan

                               pagbugbog

                                                 paggahasa

wala

wala kaming makuhang masabi

                                                      sa pakikibahaging ito--

                                   nausal na lamang sa sarili

kagat ang labi

hindi

hindi na dapat maulit ito muli

hindi na dapat

ngunit paano mangyayari ito

                                      kung sarili lamang

                                                               ang muling ipagdarasal?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

E. SAN JUAN, Jr. was recently visiting professor of literature and cultural studies at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and lecturer in seven universities in the Republic of China. He was previously Fulbright professor of American Studies at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and fellow of the Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University. Among his recent books are BEYOND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY (Palgrave), RACISM AND CULTURAL STUDIES (Duke University Press), and WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRADICTIONS (Bucknell University Press). Two books in Filipino were launched in 2004: HIMAGSIK (De La Salle University Press) and TINIK SA KALULUWA (Anvil); his new collection of poems in Filipino, SAPAGKAT INIIBIG KITA AT MGA BAGONG TULA, was released last year by the University of the Philippines Press

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