The hurt never goes away
The hurt never goes away
By JUSTIN UMALI
Bulatlat
The last time I saw Manny Asuncion, we were walking home after a meeting in Dasmariñas, Cavite with his wife. At the time, he was talking about his new Facebook page, and about how he messaged Raffy Tulfo about the land issue in Hacienda Yulo. I told him, maybe you should start an OnlyFans; a joke he didn’t really get but laughed at regardless.
I wasn’t there when he was laid to rest. I made an excuse and said that I couldn’t make it because we had to visit local churches to find support for Mags Camoral. But I couldn’t make it because I couldn’t bear to see Ka Manny for the last time.
The day before that wretched day, I was in Hacienda Yulo helping the farmers prepare for International Women’s Day celebrations in Calamba. Pang Mags called me that night and told me that he would prepare adobong buto-buto for me and the others when we get home – I told him that I had tried almost every recipe for cassava under the sun.
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