The El Bimbo Variations is a collection of poetry variations of the line “Kamukha mo si Paraluman nung tayo ay bata pa” using the creative constraints from The Oulipo Compendium. Filipinos will be familiar with the song “Ang Huling El Bimbo” and this line in particular, which made reading The El Bimbo Variations so fun to read. Dude I read the entire collection in one sitting. Then I read it all again the next day. That’s how much I loved it.