john tiong chunghoo Poems

the universe is a garden
of gems, stars and planets
and a mental wonderland
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to find that we are
actually on a time machine
going back a few trillion
years because
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if God wishes to extend
the time before he unleashes
the adagio, can anybody help it?
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he has learnt all the words
but where is the life to put
all the words in
he has taken all the oils
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no promotion year
he tells disappointed wife
'that's how the world is'
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the wish to be a poet
in Tang Dynasty China
who had written
'1500 years from now
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earth hangs
in space

dancing round
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what happens in death?

it is as happening as life
the light, earth, water, metal
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love was the lake in your two eyes
which you afforded me to swim in
taking me whole into your cherish
our joy jumped like fishes in spring waters
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