john tiong chunghoo Poems

Nigeria Versus Argentina 2 - 3

the nigerians were slick as oil
Argentines helter skelter as cattle
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it is an abode
where the spirit dwells
over the fingers
in the caves
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ferryride
penang slowly comes
onto our laps
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i have lived a million years
this physique slashes it down to 20
waylaid in a geometry of time
every cell tries to tell
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he feels like a fish
swimming in
the wrong river
living among
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namo tassa bagavato arahato sama sambuddhasa
buddhan saranam gaccha mi
dharma saranam gaccha mi
sangah saranam gaccha mi
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Christmas with the Buddha
his navel
my halo
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tree of enlightenment
the branches hold strong and tight
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these hundreds of
uninvited guests
crowding round
would fill a hall
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the chicken eaten
cannot come back
to tell us how it was
slit, emptied out,
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