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john tiong chunghoo
(Jan 21,1960 / Sibu, Sarawak - Land with Cat City, Swan City, Oil City and the World's Largest Cave Mulu)
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  keep on deferring
her own dream
to help others
realise their dreams
in the distance she sees a light

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?


john tiong chunghoo

Submitted Date Thursday, March 31, 2005
Submitted Date Monday, May 03, 2010



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