Misreading an Urban Sign
For the past few days I'd been spotting these small white posters on the wall beside the road from Barangka to Katipunan. In big bold capitals: MISSING! Underneath: MARILYN. And under those, in a smaller font size: Hawak ng sindikato. My initial reaction: befuddlement. Why all the posters? What are we supposed to do now, without even knowing this Marilyn's last name, or what she looks like, or whom to contact, or what syndicate has her in its grip?
Today I squinted from the FX's window and read the fine print under the three boldfaced lines: Ni Alan S...
Sigh of understanding. Probably another student play or film. False alarm.
posted by the city reader @ 6:19 PM
2 Comments:
i saw those flyers around! and pointed it out to my brothers with a sympathetic cluck-cluck. i almost feel like it's an unfair use of my emotions.
i am so self-centered that any effort to worry about someone else's welfare is a drain to my system. *heehee*
ning: i know, i felt manipulated! =)
vlad: oo, naaalala ko yung mga maya andrada posters mo. kelan ba ang ugat week?
d.m.: thank you. =) uh, who are you, by the way?
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