Haiku

CULTURAL ECONOMY
Patricia Kamil Rosales
DevStud

Our customs, your trade
Our tradition, your business
Our culture, your gain

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DISASTER CAPITALISM I
Jebbick Jed O. de Guzman
DevStud

The thunder has struck
Scorching earth and burning men
Blessings for a few

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DISASTER CAPITALISM II
Joana Marie Azarraga

Opportunistic
Feeds off people's misery
For profit and rent

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DISASTER CAPITALISM II
Michael Adrian Padilla
DevStud

Prey fell into trap
Predators gather around
The slaughter begins

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BUREAUCRAT CAPITALISM I
Heilia L. Prudenciano
DevStud

I am at the top
I made the rules of the game
That benefits me

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BUREAUCRAT CAPITALISM II
Abigael Jamille P. Julao
DevStud

They conquered the throne
Conspired with other nations
At our own expense

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BUREAUCRATIC CAPITALISM III
Akiko Sunga
DevStud

This lethal mix of
People running your country
Will kill everyone

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BUREAUCRATIC CAPITALISM IV
Lenerwin Onanad
DevStud

Lend me your support
Then I'll give you the best part
Mutual investment


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"CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER OPPRESSORS"
Lesly Pilarta
PolSci

Armed civilian troops
Power elite in command
Rights violators


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CAPITALIST CRISIS
Patricia Ann Ingeniero
DevStud

All aim for the profit
No care on how they got it
An endless cycle

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CREATIVE CAPITALISM
Claudine M. Palattao
PolSci

Is it genuine help,
Or disguised philanthropy?
A way to earn more?

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DIRT COOKIES I
Kenneth Nicholson More
DevStud

Limited choices
Hungry stomachs and poor souls
Eat dirt or just die

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DIRT COOKIES II
Claudine Palattao
PolSci

We've nothing to eat
But there's so much wasted food
On the rich's table

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DIRT COOKIES III
Karen Mae Honrade
DevStud

Where poverty reigns,
What dirts the soles of your shoes
Feed their hungry mouths

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THE CHEAP COOKIE OVERLOAD
Lesly Pilarta
PolSci

Saw dirt, closed my eyes
Munched to pieces, swallowed fast
Then, still felt hungry


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BODY POLITICS
JoanA Marie Azarraga
PolSci

This is the male gaze
The "I" becomes what "he" sees
"Size matters", he said


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BUREAUCRAT CAPITALISM
Chris Osmond Samson
PolSci

To keep tracks of land
We dominate politics
A marriage of two


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FOO(LE)D (BY) AID
Jigz Tenorio
DevStud

Pagkaing tulong
Soberanya'y kapalit
Tayo ang talo

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PRIVATE ARMIES
Michelle Morelos
PolSci

Hukbo ng bayan
Naging hukbo ng ilan
Malaking gulo

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A WOMAN'S PRISON
(On symbolic violence)
Sarah Angela Ortiz
PolSci

Hair should be straighter
Skin preferably whiter
Ideal woman?