Chaos Inside A Pen

  “We lost another dog, Arnold. Now it's our Pomeranian. Do you know how much is that dog? 10K Arnold. Ten fucking thousand.”   Diego takes another puff from his Marlboro black cigarette while fighting some of his tears to burst from his sullen eyes. Arnold reluctantly pats the shoulder of his friend who lives nearby from their home; just a walking distance in the opposite street. Diego is one of those animal lovers who become content with canine and canine companions rather than those with the modern-day bipedal mammals; treating them like their own child or somehow like their lovers minus the sexual activity.   It was the third time he lost another one of his beloved pets. Just like his other dogs, his Pomeranian he named “Becka” was found lying in one of those darkened alleyways in their compound. It was obvious that there is someone behind it all along for all of his dogs died with a common denominator: a slit on their neck right in their carotid. Effectively draining...

(First post for the year 2020! Hope everyone is having a good weekend. This story is once again is just a work of fiction...but who knows if there is a family that demand such dowry?) “Jimmy, tama?” Minabuti ni Jimmy na salubungin ang titig ng ama ni Rosafel pero hindi pa inabot ng tatlong segundo ay agad niya ring iniwas ang kanyang pagsulyap dito. Tumango ito ng marahan at ipinikit panandalian ang mga matang tila napaso sa pakikipagtitigan sa haligi ng tahanan ng mga Gutierrez. May kung ano sa mga titig na iyon ni Senyor Mauro ng tawagin niya ang kanyang ngalan sa boses nitong tila tinitimpi lang ang muhing itinatago sa likod ng iilang salita at matatalim na titig. Biglang naramdaman ni Jimmy ang mahigpit na pagkakawahak ni Rosafel sa kanyang kamay. Nang masumpungan ang maamong ngiti ng dalaga sa kanya ay bahagyang nilisan ng mga daga ang kanyang dibdib at mangilan-ngilan na lang ang mga paru-parong lumilipad sa kanyang sikmura. Nagpapasalamat na lamang ito at h...