By George Tumaob Calaor
He is a plunderer, an
executioner not a patriot
He is a red-tagger,
architect of Martial Law
a barbaric violator
of human rights
His hands are
stained with blood
of the people whose
freedom and rights
he brutally suppressed
and crushed
Don’t mourn!
Don’t honor!
For history shudders
at him– is nauseated!
Don’t mourn!
Don’t honor!
For his death
has no weight,
no patriotic significance…
a death that cannot
compensate for the
decades
of mourning and grief
of the bereaved family,
friends and comrades
of the thousands of
activists abducted, killed,
tortured
and imprisoned
in pursuit
of justice and
freedom!
For his death
is a monument
to fascism
in the celebration
of his tyrannical era!…
Don’t mourn!
Don’t honor!
The one who died
had unredeemed
criminal guilt
against humanity!
