there's a Rule

there's an unwritten rule
in marketing:

the last thing you lower is your price.

there's an unwritten rule
in life:

the last thing you lower is your reputation.

trouble is, you happen to have nothing else to lower,
even your pride. and reputation being the last thing left.

um, you lower it.
ha! pretty pretty, noh?

but it is not that pretty every morning, in between lessons or right after dusk.
not pretty at all. at any given time. i should know.

but before you call me the guy who wallows in self-pity and self-contempt, i suggest you don't think twice about it. go ahead! wahehe just kidding.

in my philosophy class today,
we talked about that element of psyche, or the soul, called reason
and how wisdom would mean you have achieved arete, or excellence for that element.
[i don't exactly know how you phrase it in english]

in my theology class today,
we talked about how the Jews misunderstood the message of God.

in my marketing class today,
we talked about how we could help the Manila Zoo.

there's an unwritten rule
in dealing with karL:

the last thing you ask
is the point.

lisnin to that apology song
sortof readin the Inquirer
feelin kinda weird.