he drums / sings hawaiian folk songs / teaches me to say kumusta / won't let me past the entry way / kumusta lolo my head tilts / moon baby he cups my face / pulls me into him / ng buwan he drums / his fingers roll crinkly lumpia wrappers / bronze hands drum his thigh / upo upo / sit / he watches over my shoulder as he works / drum in his throat he sings / nandito ako / his drumming hands take mine / smaller / dip my fingers in water / umiibig sa iyo / spread along the edges so it will stay closed he drums / nandito ako / i am here
