Poem 14

A Manananggal is a half-bodied lady with a giant wings of bat
She hunts for pregnant women who are sleeping in the huts

A Tikbalang is a human with a body of a horse
I know that you’re already familiar with centaurs

And a Kapre a giant man who lives on an old grim tree
Smoking cigars and teasing women in their sleep

There are also ugly Tyanaks, unborn babies
Who live to seek revenge
Duwendes are dwarves bat there are Nunos
Who live in jungle mounds

These are the folktales passed to us to keep us inside the house

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