Friction

The thin line between
being productive and not,
being useful and lazy,
being valuable and useless.

It is the source - fuel
two sandpapers - friction
a spark is all that it needs.

We just skirt back and forth,
never to be both,
its not quantum physics
after all.

Sa work ito ang looming
cumulo-nimbus/rain cloud/
thunderstorm-in-the-making
problem sa amin.

Some of us do our work,
ahem responsiblity
(sinumpaan pa sa PRC).
Some of us.
clearly do not and
would rather have their
butts grow large with
the disease of katamaran-elephantiasis
than do their duty.

Just because we are not
paid and are just volunteers,
e dapat pawas0-waso ang trabaho.

My mom always reminds me
to put out my best even
in the worst of situations
and to be ALWAYS kind
to the patients because
that's what i am a nurse for.

Ayun na nga ginawa ng
mini-SM of a tindahan
ang lying-in, may nagtitindi ng
flying saucer
mani
gamot
mp3 downloads
merienda
at iba pang anik-anik.

Pero kapag inutusan
nay! pinaki-usapan mo
na gawin ang ibang procedures
ay tipong tititigan ka lang
at magbibigay ng pilosopong
palusot.

Nakakaawa naman yung
gumagawa pero maswerte
pa din dahil lahat ng experience
makukuha niya at
natututo siya in the process.

Minsan tamad din naman ako
okay change that, kadalasan,
pero di ko pinapabayaan responsibility ko.

Di ako goody two shoes
bruhildang impakta
di ako minsan
pero lumulugar ako.

Sana mapagsabihan din
silang mga tamad
kaso malakas kapit nila e.
Oh well, ganun talaga,
you cant have it all.