Tabit

By ladybell

Mon, 20 Sep 2021
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2 comments
 

Short for Tabitha.
Cut the head and legs,
Nanay Bit.
Name synonymous
With 4 foot 9.
Has a
Wild teenager
Living in
the chicken coop,
Called Vanessa.
Behead
And extend the torso,
Nene Sa.
Whereabouts
Of father,
Unknown.
According to Nanay,
He was last seen drowning
in a pot of hot soup.
Tonight, the moon looks
Like a bowl of tinola
And
I remember her.

Certificate U
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

This is intense! Not like anything I have read before, but so good.

Please could you explain about Vanessa?

Hope everything is going well with you

 

Submitted by ladybell on

Hello, I'm well. Thank you for asking. Vanessa in the poem, was my nanny's daughter. She used to live in the abandoned chicken coop next to the nipa hut where my nanny and I lived. We called her "Nene sa", nene means little girl. Here are some notes to help explain some cultural specific terms in the poem: 

Nanay: mother

Tinola: chicken soup

 

Hope this helps.