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    Padre Faura Witnesses The Execution of Rizal

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    Padre Faura witnesses the execution of Jose Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and reformist who was executed by a Spanish firing squad in 1896. Faura recalls a conversation months prior where Rizal asked him about purgatory with rosy cheeks, having just returned from Europe. On the morning of the execution, Faura stands shivering in the Ateneo Municipal building, seeing Rizal as a blur between the soldiers and their raised Mauser rifles, with the morning star still shining in the sky even though the light is from a dead star millions of miles away.

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    Padre Faura witnesses the execution of Jose Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and reformist who was executed by a Spanish firing squad in 1896. Faura recalls a conversation months prior where Rizal asked him about purgatory with rosy cheeks, having just returned from Europe. On the morning of the execution, Faura stands shivering in the Ateneo Municipal building, seeing Rizal as a blur between the soldiers and their raised Mauser rifles, with the morning star still shining in the sky even though the light is from a dead star millions of miles away.

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    Padre Faura witnesses the execution of Jose Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and reformist who was executed by a Spanish firing squad in 1896. Faura recalls a conversation months prior where Rizal asked him about purgatory with rosy cheeks, having just returned from Europe. On the morning of the execution, Faura stands shivering in the Ateneo Municipal building, seeing Rizal as a blur between the soldiers and their raised Mauser rifles, with the morning star still shining in the sky even though the light is from a dead star millions of miles away.

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    Padre Faura Witnesses the Execution of Rizal

    by Danton Remoto

    1 I stand on the floor


    2 Of the Ateneo Municipal,
    3 Shivering
    4 On this Decmeber morning,
    5 Months ago,
    6 Pepe came to me
    7 In the Observatory
    8 I thought we would talk
    9 About the stars
    10 That do not collide
    11 In the sky,
    12 Instead, he asked me about purgatory.
    13 (His cheeks still ruddy.
    14 From the sudden sun
    15 After the bitter winters
    16 In Europe.)
    17 And on this day
    18 With the year beginning to turn,
    19 Salt stings my eyes.
    20 I see Pepe,
    21 A blur
    22 Between the soldiers
    23 With their Mausers raised
    24 And the early mornings
    25 Star:
    26 Still shimmering
    27 Even if millions of miles away,
    28 The stars itself
    29 Is already dead.

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