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.
give me your vertigo,
i implore,
crumble all rationality,
your eyes like
bloodied moons,
uncanny to mine.
make a wish
to the last stick
facing upwards.
warmth comes down
to the chill of the night.
let us surrender
past the doors
and when you tire,
let us spiral.
these eyes without faces
are incapable of judgement.
though biblically angelic
through mortal vision,
they, like us, are grotesque.
let us contort
and commit to vulgarity.
let ourselves metamorphose
into indifference,
kindred beasts on the dance floor.
come, nameless apparition,
surrender your name
to the curse of amnesia
come daylight and sobriety.
supernatural movements,
undistinguished,
contorting,
deforming,
distorting,
bodies shifting
to the dulcet tones of modern ballads.
aligned to the cascading spectrums
across shifting faces.
their voices grow loud
then ringing,
then hushed.
the lights have dimmed.
Written by Clarence Miguel Torres
