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Sikad

Sikad
Sikad

Sikad akon rapadapa,
Sa pagkab-ot san ungara,
Nga pamilya makakaon,
Aga,udto, panihapon.

Namarisbis adton balhas,
Bisan hangin nahaganas,
Labis na kon pasahero,
An traysikol daw kargado.

Mga kabudlay nasurapo,
Kon mga anak maduruto,
Adton hingyap makab-utan,
Edukasyon makaplagan,

Kay asay la mapamamat,
Manggad dire makakawat,
Rayandayan kami kabos,
Nairidar mga pag-antos.

Sa ak dumdom an pahuway,
Daw guinlimot madaliay,
Kay ungara an nagtugway,
Makab-utan san pagbudlay.

(totoy 03-20-10 matobato)
ABOUT: "Sikad" by Nemesio Baldesco received the "Jimmy Y. Balacuit Special Award on Poetry" during the 17th Iligan National Writers Workshop in the year 2010.

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