I'Ve Just Got A Playmate Poem by Sulaiman Mohd Yusof

Intimacy is what I need
I couldn’t get it at school
I’m a dropout at sixteen
At the expense of a broken marriage,
only mom and elder sister are living
with me in a rented flatted house
Five o’clock in the evening
with usual dress-up and make-up
mom and sister will leave the house
heading to the night’s bar and pub
where they would entertain men who
seek ecstasy and entertainment
The earnings will put foods on our table
Throughout the night and almost all nights
I’ll be left alone at home
Watching T.V. and listening to Radio
To fulfill my emptiness
And thirsts for love

A blossomed and beautiful girl like me
Without someone around is madness
It’s about time to make a move
To search for company
To feed the urge and burning desires
and the rebellious in me
One day, I saw the awakening of a horizon
A seventh teen of age young handsome boy had just moved in
To the house just opposite of mine
The adjacent of love has strikes
I glanced at him and he noticed
We exchanged smiles abruptly
I introduced myself as Nancy
I’m a Chinese and he’s Malay
Different religion and culture they’d say
For us nothing would stir in between
Our intimacy has just begin
Every evening he’ll step-in
To my apartment we lock-in

We treasured our secrecy
A breath of new life finally
Has groomed my body into maturity
I’m no longer lost in vicinity
I got someone pretty
And rebellious full of fantasy
The cuddling boy I called honey
Will be my playmate
We’ll sail together till late