john tiong chunghoo Poems

dwarfing the
great treasures
malacca mega mall
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tree, i cant walk through you,
you cannot walk through me
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Shwedagon Pagoda
the buddha's blessings
light up the sky
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eking out a living
little plant on
flyover stairs
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Gate of India
a landmark for the rich
and poor alike
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if predestination is the fact of life
then i am writing out somebody's poems
if predestination drives the world
then i am merely acting out scripts
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8.9 richter quake
a tsunami of fear sweeps
over the pacific
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poetry is god revealing
the other side of himself
in his game with his artist
so that his poems would give
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