Not a Pager (by Luke Walter A. Ceballos; published in the Philippines Free Press September 12, 1998)

Not a Pager

(by Luke Walter A. Ceballos)

(published in the Philippines Free Press September 12, 1998)

You tear me down to pieces,

each time I think of you.

Turn my head inside out,

the minute you are in it.

You dumbfound me

with songs you learned from MTV.

You keep me thinking,

when you excuse yourself for Jollibee.

You manipulate my heart,

when you press the buttons of your Tamagotchi.

You bag my thoughts

Like a cellphone in your pocket.

But I'm not like a pager

that goes well with your Armani Jeans,

so I won't ask you to be my baby

not like that song from Savage Garden.