john tiong chunghoo Poems

second world war
rewards of neutrality
swiss banks stashed with unclaimed monies
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diamond
the facets
the glitters
platinum
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cricket's shrill
courting love
each shrill digs
at my lonely heart
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to be impressionable
is a trait so incongruous
to the workings of a newsmen
you see the fore
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i envy granny
as she lays
so peaceful
in the coffin
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our Japanese teacher
starts her lesson bowing to us
and apologises for the war
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crying out
the gulls
melancholy cry
seeking a dream?
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indian boy
twirls roti canai
the sun slowly rises
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a historic queen used to flip through
my little hands - little square,
round coppers, round nickels
blue and green notes
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