Yes, I got your call, your
formal invitation to live
on a planet where
metaphors sell, curly hair meant conventional
and nobody could cry,
I’d like to come along with but
I’m still stuck on analog.
Ought to get digital soon
but I can’t afford it.
Mind lending me some bread?
Troy Cabida (b. 1995) is a London-based Filipino poet. He has been a member of the Barbican Young Poets, the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and is a producer for open mic night Poetry and Shaah. His poems have appeared in TAYO, harana, Bukambibig, Cha and Ink, Sweat and Tears. His debut poetry pamphlet "War Dove" is published under Bad Betty Press. View more posts
