Before the second episode of the Philippines Graphic Literary Workshop (PGLW) concluded on March 21, we knew that we had one more thing that we can offer our bright young fellows: a starting platform for their creative endeavors. Here, we present one of their final outputs from the workshop. We also asked them to provide an artwork that they think best represents their stories. Read on.
The apocalypse is a woman, erupting
after 40 years of quiet. Ashes fogs windows
of the morning bus, thickening
like powder on her face. It follows
her from an oil station in Laguna
to a small apartment in Manila.
Expired cup noodles, tangled strands of
hair on the floor and an unopened luggage of
dirty laundry: a feminist struggle. Instead, she
folds herself onto the bed. Outside, the
sun is a former lover who cannot look back
anymore. And so, the sky remains
gray and impending, neither ready to fall nor
leave. eventually
the day ends, but
not the world.
Perhaps after 2 years of quarantine and
6 years under a dictator's son, there will
be a better weather,
whether or not the woman
does her household chores.
Written by Victoria Dialogo Cuevas.
