Rengga Senryu: Recipes for Suicide
Andoy Castellano and Steph Cruz
May 10, 2006
suicide by coffee—
five, six mugs a day
heart palpitation by 80
crossing the street
thinking of hall of mirrors—
shaking stumbling
excruciating pain
7-11 slurpee---
blood curling brain freeze
bright burning ember
a very slow poison—
cigarette stick
daily fare of gin
balut cholesterol and alcohol—
heart, kidney, liver
man without hope
swallows several wishbones—
death by lechon manok
each night, a toast
to guardian angels—
death by San Miguel
bloodsucker
hangs himself in guilt—
death by mosquito net
washing first heartbreak
out of her hair—
death by shampoo
after the bestman
makes a monkey out of you—
death by banana peel
-=0=-
This was written as an exchange of text messages. The haiku/senryu format lends itself well to SMS poems because if forces the writer to write in a very short format. Each complete senryu was written on the spot by either Stephanie or me. It was a fun exercise.
--andoy
10 May 2006
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