Confession of a Country Mouse
Genevieve S. Aguinaldo
I was never in love with the city
too many rats and dirt for me
the walls in the street reek
with the stench of pee
during rainy months
prayers on absence of flood
are unanswered.
the streets become a pool
where everything swims:
children
banana peelings
dogs and their feces
old roof
lonely slippers
shippers
but I have to admit
the city holds the books
it is the home
where poems are written
to forget
to remember
to be forgotten
thinking of this
I must admit
that for a split second
I find the rainbows in the city
Genevieve S. Aguinaldo is a mother to her four children. She received her BA degree in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Los Banos and Diploma in Language and Literacy Education from UP Open University. Her creative works may be read in print and online. Some may be found at Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Cold Moon Journal, Wales Haiku Journal, Shadow Pond Journal, haikuNetra, Shot Glass Journal and The Fib Review.
