Laughter by Maningning

I think that she wants the reader to feel the pain she's feeling but in an ironic way. Because she laughs. I think that she is left by her lover because her lover doesn't want her to write about her past thats hurting her. I think that she is also weak but since she laughs I think that she can laugh because her lover is with her. She laughs to hide the pain. And her lover don't get the point of what she is doing. Because she can let go of the things that's hurting her but she won't let go. And I think that's the reason why her lover left her.

TANAGECH

Colors in our eyes turned red

This might knock us down in
bed

We laugh cry sober we float

Beer will still flow in our
throat

The Servant Girl

The servant girl is about a servant "Rosa" who is mistreated by her mistress and yet she still serves to her mistress with respect.

I think that this story is very filipino because i think that we can see this kind of situation in every Filipino telenovelas or TV drama series. It's like the poor people always getting beat up by the rich people.