Countdown

9 Jul 5
nine..
(i should have done this in 2009,
or had i known you then, in 1999)
nine days to your natal anniversary--
i'll try to write at least a word a day.
aqui es la primera, una oracion cada dia,
hasta la novena (parang poon sa simbahan):
d'you know that the turkish word nine
means grandmother, lola?
lah, lol!


8 Jul 6
My number, shaped like a snake,
represents the whole Chinese universe.
My number, laid down, becomes lemniscate,
infinity, intertwined --
no cutting-the-cord ritual can sever.
Magic
Eternal
Buddha's Eight-fold Path.
The Eight Immortals
He Xiangu
Cao Guojiu
Tieguai Li
Lan Caihe
Lu Dongbin
Han Xiang Zi
Shang Guo Lao
Han Zhonli.
He Xiangu = Immortal Woman He = Gugu.


7 Jul 7
siete dias mas


6 Jul 8
you can't always get what you want
no you can't
but if you try, sometimes,
you get what you need -- Rolling Stones
i got u not the way i want you,
but i think i need you around.
glad to have you around me, dude!
[not the way i want you = i'd rather have you, were i able,
as my momma, or lola, instead, lol!]


5 Jul 9
malapit na,
malapit na....


4 Jul 10
one day less


3 Jul 11
hapit na


2 Jul 12
only two more days


1 Jul 13
delivered today for the grand day tomorrow:
Going Irish. A pair of giant Guinness stouts.
Kaya mo yan?
Swim in it, hahaha!




0 Jul 14
Yehey! Tos!
NOTE: Some things are not meant to be yours.
The grasscutter's victims are real.
Gone when it was time to pick 'em.
[SIGH!]
Anyway, toast, Gugu!
Or in Irish:
May you die in bed at 99, shot by a jealous spouse.