TIGed

Switch headers Switch to TIGweb.org

Are you an TIG Member?
Click here to switch to TIGweb.org

HomeHomeExpress YourselfPanoramaTeat of Information Technology
Panorama
a TakingITGlobal online publication
Search



(Advanced Search)

Panorama Home
Issue Archive
Current Issue
Next Issue
Featured Writer
TIG Magazine
Writings
Opinion
Interview
Short Story
Poetry
Experiences
My Content
Edit
Submit
Guidelines




This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Teat of Information Technology Printable Version PRINTABLE VERSION
by michelle, Philippines Nov 9, 2007
Education , Peace & Conflict , Technology   Poetry

  

Teat of Information Technology I was babysat by advertisements
and cartoons,
in a land directed by hooded captains of software copyright
blanketed by a ratio of household laptops to PCs
ranked 2:1.

I wade in and between Philippines and US
shaking off the
unlikeliness of a democratic messenger
crouching in a machine
unaware of the tired kin hand-layering keyboard innards

Akong dugu (my blood) condenses in a calcite archipelago
a fledging democracy
spotted with human fields typing on
hand-me-down computers leaking,
hissing the American English of Sir Gates

where
multinationals relish in my urban sisters’
full reification, and
flaunt their looted, eloquent 5 ft 2 inch-
I. T.
cash crops.

where
continental cartels’ puerile greed
regulate
intellectual property pirates:
incarnators of educational equality


Two barangays (villages) north
an internet café (a portal of otherness)
is the air-conditioned refuge
from urban Cebu’s stormwater cataracts

Wide eyes and fidgety digits fill a
computer screen
with their own brain-babies,
and sexual plays

Upland from urbania, to rural Cebu’s Oslob
She guides a maid’s elbow and wrist
to alters the space and letter with a mouse

This is mine.
An eggshell democracy
oozing out industrialists betting on illiteracy
birthing poets slash IT cashcrops and
bearing Friendster addicts cum activist bloggers.





 1     


Tags

You must be logged in to add tags.

Writer Profile
michelle


My name is Michelle Domocol. I was born and raised in the East Coast of the US. Currently I live in Cebu, Philippines. I have been writing poetry since I was eight years old. I found this art a melodious and also cacaphonic way to appreciate and process gender & identity politics, my trauma with past and current colionalism, and my miscellaneous passions. I wish you peace and true Empowerment!!
Comments
You must be a TakingITGlobal member to post a comment. Sign up for free or login.