Lumen looked at the uniform. The same uniform that had beaten her husband. The same insignia that had burned the church. She saw the red, screaming face of the boy.
Lumen touched the boy’s cheek. “You owe me a bullet you did not fire. You owe me a hut you did not burn. You owe me nothing.” Gatas Sa dibdib ng kaaway
In the late 1970s, Samar was a crucible. The New People’s Army had a firm grip on the interior. The military responded with a scorched-earth campaign: forced evacuations, food blockades, the burning of rice fields. Lumen looked at the uniform