“Pizza Pie Ng Lipunan”

“Pizza Pie Ng Lipunan”

 by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Pumapatak ang pawis ng magsasaka

Nauubos ang lakas sa kanyang paggawa

Pumapatak ang luha ng mga dukha

Sila , sila na inagawan ng lupa

Umaalingawnagaw ang mga sigaw

Sa mga puso ito ay pumupukaw

Panaghoy ng kahirapan

Sana’y malapit ng tugunan

Tumatakbo ang bata mula sa pulisya

Nireregaluhan para magdala ng droga

Tumatakbo ang metro ng sobrang bilis

Sa loob ng taxi ng tsuper na madungis

Sumasangsang ang hangin sa siyudad

Napupuno ng mga itim na tanim at namumukadkad

At iisa lamang ang tanong

Kailan sasagutin ang mga panaghoy?

Sumasakit ang puso ng mga nasalanta

Hubot-hubad ang mga bata at gutom pa

Sumasakit ang bulsa ng estudyante sa siyudad

Walang-wala na nga  tumaas pa ang tuition sa unibersidad

Lalong nababaon sa kadiliman

Hanggang hindi na kita ang kaila-ilaliman

Itong mga suliranin na bumabagabag

Mga lason na pumapayagpag

“Bomba sa Manila”

“Bomba sa Manila”

ni:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

I

Sasakay ng LRT si lolo

Pinaupo sa dulo

Mababait na mga tao

II

Sasakay si  Miss Maganda

Isang tingin lang

Pauupuin rin niya

III

Ang hindi nakita

Nakabalot sa supot na pula

At nang mapuna

Ay huli na

IV

Sumabog na lang ng kanya

Ang bomba ng dusa

Hindi nakokonsensiya

Hindi naaawa…

Hindi naaawa…

Hindi naaawa…

“Sleep”

“Sleep”

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Cradled by her love I rose

Cradled by her love I chose

A life that I wanted

A life that I had grown

Caressed by her words

Caressed by her moans

I closed my eyes

I face the unknown.

“Sit Now In Misery"

“Sit Now In Misery"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

I

I sit now in this dark place

Contemplating…my mistakes.

I sit here and praying

To forgive me for this sin

II 

I wonder how soon

The drug would take effect

To make a me a murderer

Of the highest edict

III

And so I felt it rumbling

Contracting and I start whimpering

Afraid for my co workers to hear

What has been transpiring here

IV

And I took him in my hands

A little child while he could not see

I held him as I knew he died

Long before I could see his angel smile

V

And so I still sit with my bloodied hands

And my never ending tears

From pain in my heart

And the pain in my mind

My heart cries out

And my soul laments my loss

VI

I have lost so much today

I have lost my mortal soul.

“ The Missing 7th ”

“ The Missing 7^th ”

 by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

I

The Angel of Tragedy flew

And landed on the city where I lived

And wells of life giving water swelled

Only this time it choked the souls of the living

And took them forcefully to the abyss

II 

The Angel of Death flew

And landed on the grave of him who was king

And hands broke forth from the ground seeking the sun

Only this time they were less mortal

With a look of crazed frenzy in their eyes

III

The Angel of Violence flew

Into the chaos of a mob and silenced the force of the blows

So that each hurt went unheard

And each stab was unminded

Until everyone was less than mortal

And fell to the ground

IV

The Angel of Lust flew

And landed on the hearts  of everyone

So that they gave in to the passions they had often hid

And in doing saw that goodness was in there hearts

That they had a lust to do good to other men

And to other women as well

And all took turns

V

The Angel of  Doubt

Had settled and watched the show

But saw that battles were now less fought

That all that men do was meaningless

And that they were crying

They were weeping at the very thought of what they were doing

VI

And so

The Angel of Guilt arose

Which made man take his sword and plunging it to the heart that had led him astray

And as they saw the morning come

Their life draining

Their souls straining

They saw that all was well again

And that the angels were no more.

 

"Stuck"

"Stuck"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

I

A Broken Bone

A Broken Sould

That's where I was

My principles were sold

II

A Broken Heart

A Broken Mind

Gone in an instant

Gone in a flash

III

Shattered pieces

Shattered glass

Stuck right here

Looping in the past

IV

Another Morning

Another Day

Another Chance

to throw it all away...

"Garruk, Caller of Beasts:Unleashing the Beasts of War"

"Garruk, Caller of Beasts:Unleashing the Beasts of War"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Aside from reanimation there are other ways to get  really big creatures unto the battlefield earlier than they should be. 

I always loved Worldspine Wurm because it is just way to abusive when you are able to summon it or when it leaves play.What I have found though is that when you include it in an EDH deck even with mana ramp , it does not necessarily mean that I can get the chance to playit. It normally just ends up in my hand as my opponents cast more mana efficient creatures. It got to a point that I had to cut it from my deck.

I vowed to make a deck with Quick Silver Amulet and Elvish Piper to have my Wurm back. As I was tinkering with the idea I was happy to see this new planeswalker that would help me immensely in the direction that I wanted go.

Enter Garruk , Caller of Beasts. I doubt that he will just be calling beasts. Wurms and a whole slew of huge green creatures are now mere -3 loyalty counters away. 

At 4 Colorless mana and 2 Green mana cost many have seen Garruk as a hard cast or a bit slow...of course people need to be reminded that anything with green in it doesn't normally wait for the 6th turn to drop a 6th land or to cast anything for 6 mana. There is enough mana ramp in the early turns (especially in the EDH setting) to sucessfully cast the Caller of Beasts.Along with a lot of Stones and Runes in the current EDH and Standard settings then you could have the new Garruk entering at around turn 3 or 4.

Turn 1: Forest and Birds of Paradise

Turn 2: Forest , tap 2 lands , Talisman , tap Talisman to cast llanowar elf

Turn 3: Forest...6 mana available...cast Garruk , Caller of Beasts and hope it does not get countered...

Looking at his first skill (1- loyalty counter) which is an improved version of Commune with Nature , a deck full of creatures will benefit from it immensely. Add the existing Domri Rade into this mix and you have a handful of creatures already at hand even before Garruk steps into the mix.You might just want to use him to call one of the beasts in your hand into play. In my case I hope to already have a creature that can blow something up like the Woodfall primus or Terastodon!

With his ultimate skill costing -7 loyalty counters you get an Emblem and a Tooth and Nail effect.When you cast a creature even those at one measly mana you could now search for a monster and put it on the battlefield as well. And if you have been able to collect a handful of one or two drops in your hand then chances are you would now end up with your killer combination. Imagine casting a Llanowar elf and then having a choice of any of the titans or the primordials now coming into play on your side!!!

The skills all tie in , you have creatures in your hand , you have the skill to put them on the battlefield and then if you could wait for around 3 more turns...unless Doubling season is also in play then you have a lot of creatures entering your side of the field.

A lot of creatures that hopefully your enemies would not be able to deal with and you know that you are going to press in for offensive the following turn assuming of course that you do not have an Urabrask or Fervor already in play.

So this is it for today. I can't wait to get my hands on this card.