Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Sept 10, 2008 12:16:22 GMT -5
A Telegram
For Maricris Sioson, 1969-1991
In April 1991, Maricris Sioson, a 22-year-old dancer from the Philippines, arrived in Japan to work at the Faces Club in Fukushima. Five months later she was admitted to a hospital, and on Sept. 14, 1991, she died. - "Japan Hasn't Stopped Exploiting Asian Women", The New York Times, September 24, 1994
A telegram arrived yesterday
About my sister
Dead in Japan.
Nothing else.
Nothing about her
medical report
or police documents.
Just a short note of condolences from the DFA.
My mother cried for Jesus
My father fainted when he heard
I had never seen him so scared.
At supper,
we sat quietly
trying to avoid the sadness
written on each of our faces.
Thinking of my sister,
Their only daughter,
In the land of the rising sun
To work abroad
Brought home to our aching hearts.
At night
I feel lonely
with my father’s silence
and my mother’s tears.
For Maricris Sioson, 1969-1991
In April 1991, Maricris Sioson, a 22-year-old dancer from the Philippines, arrived in Japan to work at the Faces Club in Fukushima. Five months later she was admitted to a hospital, and on Sept. 14, 1991, she died. - "Japan Hasn't Stopped Exploiting Asian Women", The New York Times, September 24, 1994
A telegram arrived yesterday
About my sister
Dead in Japan.
Nothing else.
Nothing about her
medical report
or police documents.
Just a short note of condolences from the DFA.
My mother cried for Jesus
My father fainted when he heard
I had never seen him so scared.
At supper,
we sat quietly
trying to avoid the sadness
written on each of our faces.
Thinking of my sister,
Their only daughter,
In the land of the rising sun
To work abroad
Brought home to our aching hearts.
At night
I feel lonely
with my father’s silence
and my mother’s tears.