<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=468657" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ang Tunay Na Lalaki (The Real Man) Is Baffled By Cryptic Messages</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He finds on cheap match covers.<br>PLEASE MAKE ME <br>TASTE LIKE A MAN<br>is the first one he reads after lighting up<br>an American Spirit cigarette on the corner<br>of Broadway and Houston. The painted Statue<br>of Liberty on the giant DKNY ad on the side<br>of the building winks her big blue eye<br>as if she understands what those words mean,<br>as if she could make him taste like a man.<br>The street sign changes to WALK<br>and the natural smoke of the natural cigarette<br>feels good in his lungs. He thinks<br>of the taste of fried garlic, of anise seeds,<br>of rambutan fruit, of broiled tuna--<br>none comes close to what a man<br>would taste like in his mind. He reaches<br>underneath his shirt and sweater to scratch<br>his left arm-pit. He smells his fingers<br>and thinks: this is what a Filipino man <br>must taste like to American women.<br>To test his hypothesis, he sticks <br>his index finger in his mouth, pulls<br>it out with a slurpy sound and points upwards<br>as if he were testing the wind,<br>as if he were carrying a flaming torch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Nick+Carbo">Nick Carbo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=468657" data-title="Ang Tunay Na Lalaki (The Real Man) Is Baffled By Cryptic Messages de Nick Carbo" data-description="He finds on cheap match covers. PLEASE MAKE ME TASTE LIKE A MAN is the first one he reads after lighting up an American Spirit cigarette on the corner of Broadway and Houston. The painted Statue of Liberty on the giant DKNY ad on the side of the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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