Bakla Firedancers

I heard the sound of drums while I was going out of the church, kala ko pagoda yun pala mga bakla firedancers.

One of the bakla fire dancer spotted me,  and gave me a piece of white paper naka kusot.  since I was taking the video,  I couldn’t open it,  yun pala envelope for money.

I gave her a crisp P20 bill with my left hand,  she said kulang yun,  they’re joining Showtime daw, the noon time tv show  of Vice Ganda and Anne Curtis ba?

Then the thought of receiving five hundred bucks thrilled her.

She shouted “five hundred”  and started dancing.

Then when she saw me took out a five hundred bill, she became greedy and started asking for a thousand.  She even wrote it down on the street and formed her fingers in zero zero.

She didn’t want to accept my P500 bill anymore because she wanted a thousand.  I didn’t notice that about 20 boys gathered around me and they said “mam, tama na ho yan, isang daan lang dapat, ang laki na nga ng limang-daan”.

So sabi ko.. Ayaw mo?  I was going to take it back.  She took it na rin,  tapos hinabol uli ako, asking for more.

Tingnan mo itong baklatetoy na ito, ang sabi nung una kahit magkano basta magbigay daw ako, tapos gusto na five hundred, tapos ayaw ng tanggapin gusto na one thousand. Iinisin pa’ko.