Town

Town

Dr Abe V Rotor

Magsingal town in Ilocos Sur, aerial view from a helicopter, 

photo by the author in the early eighties.

The roads are parallel

To each other in perfect angle,

To form a circle and crown,

The poblacion of the town.

Wasn't Rome built this way?

But so mute is the Appian today,

So with Teitihuacan or Pompeii

Where no inhabitants stay.

The roads are empty and clear;

In the plaza there's no stir.

Where have the people gone?

Don't all roads lead to town? ~

- AV Rotor, Light inthe Woods 1995, Megabooks