Poetic Obituaries: Born a gardener, who spent a lifetime

caring for flowers, he died without a single petal in his pocket.

That, you bet, readily passes off as a one-line tragedy.

This, in a way, is the story of my kumpadre, Javier "Abeng" Dizon, who will be interred in Olongapo City this morning.

Abeng, a village bard, has passed on without a single line of his recited masterpieces remembered.

from Philippine Daily Inquirer: Requiem for Abeng, secret sportsman, village poet

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