john tiong chunghoo Poems

happy independence day to all
my american friends

fourth of july
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riotious jungle growth
equally bountiful in energy
a tiger
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limbs grow in the dark to obstruct
the chariot that ferries the heart,
which now runs in a maddening speed
so that it loses its noble direction
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the universe
flows through the man
a minscule of
all creations
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the joyous chirp
of a sparrow
in the morn sky
sends a heaven into me
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bird flu
teaching his pet parrot to say
i dont have bird flu
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guess what? other boys
ask god for heaven, holiday
and presents but i ask god
for an angel, white angel
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the orange
when ripe
turns yellow
the yellow colour
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astrologers
perhaps, the sky was misty
the stars were hidden
or you were too occupied
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window shopping
a child twists to three
mannequins in dance pause
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