Malaysiana - Quirky Hang Tuah Poem Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Hang Tuah was
a fake loyalist
to friend, to king

if he was so
insistent on protocol
he should have turned
himself in
to the Sultan
instead of go hiding

Confucius was most
articulate about
absolute royalty
and loyalty
it means if the king
wants you dead
you would gladly do so
at his knees

hang tuah was a quack
if he was so insistent
of killing best friend jebat
who stood up for him
he should have taken
a hard look at his
own loyalty

running away in hiding
that too was punishable
by death by Malacca laws

but it was jebat who
had to take all
kris, blood, dejections
and the bowel churning
falsity of a great friend

and all for his
pure love and blind
loyalty - to a friend
who turned out
to be an opportunist

the greatest losers
first jebat, second
the sultan

the way he was
tuah probably did
flirt with the palace girl