The color of the sky, I remember the color of the marker, the chalk that the tailor used whenever me and Papa went to Jogars to have new pants made for u. Before this we would buy abel to pasadya. What happened to those pants I used to wear. When I left the church, I didn’t bring them with me. One day I just saw Tito Joel wearing them and felt a mix of nostalgia and annoyance that my mom just gave them to someone else without my permission. But the annoyance was tamed when I pictured her teary-eyed while looking at my clothes which she will wrap inside a supot to give my poor uncle.
Katangwak ed kahel ya tawen, anonotan ko’y tsok na managdait ed Jogars ya pampapagawaan mi nen Papa na pasadyan pantalon nen saman. Antis kamin manpaggawa, mangaliw kami ni abel.
Anto kasi agawa’d saraman ya pantalon ya insusulong ko nen saman?
Nen tinaynan ko’y simbaan mi, intitilak ko met la ‘ra.
Aminsan, anengneng koy pangamaen kon sulong sulong toy sakey ed sikara tan aliknak so nan-iban ermen tan pasnok ed si inak ya angipakerew ed saya ed sananey ya agto impatanir ed siak.
Balet abawasay pasnok ko nen anengneng ko’d isip ko si inak ya makakaakis leleg ya babalkoten tod supot so daan iran kawes kon ipakerew to.
Nagsipaway na selpon ira’y totoo. Akatangwa ran ami’d tawen ya pinuranisa’y makdem ya kahel. Sasalien dan erelen ed pigaran litrato so sayan madibinon ngarem.
Anonotan ko laingey kolor na tsok na sastre ya pamgpapagawaan mi nen saman na pasadyan pantalon.
Anonotan koy maples ya iyepas kod motor embey supot ya nankargaay kapansaliw ya abel.
Aleey sastre itan insan to ak guyoren ed abay to. Gapoan ton iliber so medida tod eges ko antis ton sukatey dukey na salik. Sampot ton aleey sukat na el-el ko.
Kayari to ‘ya, manalagar kami andukey ya panaon— simba—antis ya onsabi pitamitam ya pantalon.