The Mind Bouncing Into Mud Poem by john tiong chunghoo

rich but have the right connection
to get a government education loan
and later the audacity to default on payment
- spending the loot on all things that
the poor could only dream of

extending that low ranking
former cop driving
the mercedes three bows
but give that laureate
who just won a top literary award
a mere bewildering glance

build build build more houses, factories,
chop, chop, chop the trees
ravaging the environmental
to flood the whole city with their foolleries

a convicted bus driver
on multi traffic charges
who could still rule the highway
with his reckless driving
before his his latest feat
in ferrying 20 poor souls to
the dungeon of hell

sentencing a convict
to hang without even making time
in five years to write a proper judgement

and so on and so forth
that send the the brain
bouncing into mud