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A Man Falls To His Death

The poem describes a man who fell to his death from the 10th floor of a building. It analyzes his death using mathematical and scientific terms, such as computing the square of guilt against an integral and discussing his momentum and mass. However, it neglects the emotional aspect of his death. The poem implies that the man's death was not important to the company or media, who only saw it as an opportunity for headlines. It hints that the poem may have been part of an obituary notice from the man's company that showed no remorse over his death.

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A Man Falls To His Death

The poem describes a man who fell to his death from the 10th floor of a building. It analyzes his death using mathematical and scientific terms, such as computing the square of guilt against an integral and discussing his momentum and mass. However, it neglects the emotional aspect of his death. The poem implies that the man's death was not important to the company or media, who only saw it as an opportunity for headlines. It hints that the poem may have been part of an obituary notice from the man's company that showed no remorse over his death.

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A Man Falls To His Death: An Evaluation

‘Blood is nothing. Space is all.’ This quote magnifies the encompassing message the poem
expresses. In reality nowadays, though the emergence of media makes presenting news faster
and easier, only technicalities are taken into consideration and sometimes, truth is manipulated.
The poem used mathematical and scientific jargons to explain the man’s death, neglecting the
emotional aspect supposedly carried by a person’s passing. Blood is nothing – the man’s death is
not of any importance to the company or the media. Space is all – the opportunity for new
headlines about a tragedy is more important.

Cirilo Bautista’s impressive educational background might explain the poem’s extensive use of
mathematics and science. He was the class valedictorian of his high school, graduated magna
cum laude for his bachelor’s and master’s degree in the Univerity of Santo Tomas and Saint
Louis University, and finished his doctorate at De La Salle University-Manila. For him to
incorporate jargons effectively in his poem, he must be somehow knowledgeable of the field.

He was also the first Filipino to receive a fellowship to attend the University of Iowa and obtain
an honorary degree for the International Writing Program. He talked about racial discrimination
and prejudice in his poem, Oh How To Find Silence In the World, which may be related to his
time in Iowa. We, Filipinos, are often discriminated against when we go to find greener pastures
abroad. Being a native of a third world country, competing with locals in countries like the
United States seems nonviable. Because of this, some of us experience racial prejudice when
trying to work in other countries. Despite being the best of the best, having all the talent life
could give, some would still look at us as people unfit for global competency. This could be one
of the author’s driving forces to write the poem. The character felt alone, unimportant, and that
no one would notice his death. Being threatened with dismissal from a superior, plus the added
toxicity from the workplace, consumed the man and brought him to take his own life.

The poem’s last line hints that the piece may have been part of an obituary page announcing the
death of a worker. No hint of remorse or regret from the accident was evident throughout the
article and the last line was just made out of formality by the company to address the issue. This
is the sad truth about our news nowadays. There is less regard for the authenticity, but a high
regard for the business side of the story. The media only reports what they want us to
know. There may still be some genuine media personnel, but majority are now swayed with
fame and fortune. A bulk of cash and some hushed agreements seal deals. After all, money makes
the world go round.

This poem is the epitome of our lack of humanity sometimes. Instead of being genuinely
concerned about a person’s misfortune, some of us turn it into opportunities for conversations
such as gossiping, and the like. Same as how the society runs now. Newscasters are more
concerned about being able to deliver fast news rather than helping. Companies are more
concerned about being able to earn tons of money rather than taking into consideration their
workers’ needs. Being human is not just about being able to live, breathe, and feel. It is about
living, breathing, and feeling, having other people to spend it to. We have to be compassionate of
one another because no one deserves to feel alone. No one is ever alone.
Sources:

http://santosalyssamae.blogspot.com/2015/11/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html

http://www.manilatimes.net/cirilo-bautista-and-his-lifelong-affair-with-words/112655/

http://cirilobautista.blogspot.com/

A Man Falls To His Death


By Dr Cirilo Bautista
Blood is nothing. Space is all. Is.
A simple diagram illustrates this:
where A is the tenth floor of steel and glass (He was on
the noon shift forging the dream to a reality fine mean
could slumber in, or whores, in antechamber, touch their bone)
and B the level earth (Above the clogged engine
a shadow traced the lines on his foot, while shoot
his brain with firelights the money did). Put
down an imaginary circle around the vertical.
Compute the square of guilt against an integral
his age built when he was young: wrong,
axiomatic: the sum stands thus: Along
the curve X (none noticed the leap; what they saw
was the red imprint) by which we know
the nothing particular, the momentum
carried him to the point beyond the dictum—
Hic primus geometros—for a body physical, a
Mass, emits energy equal to zero, the stay
Necessary to arrive at a base, as in Berger’s
Formula for optics. Here we remember
the fallacy of inclusive force if we extend
A to the absolute (He was, a day ago, threatened
With dismissal for displeasing a superior)
and call it the Cause: heat, hunger, air—
these were just contingent. To recapitulate:
Berger’s law does not apply here, as the late
Projections of X show, space being non-mathematic;
from A to B the descent exhibits a quick
increase in force, though the exact ellipsis we know not.
(The Blank and Blank Co., Inc., regrets to announce that. . .)

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