Friday, April 16, 2010

Yikes! It's Frogs Leaping Time!


Two tadpoles living in adjacent ponds
Wakil rakyats
Of the northern courtyards

Thrusting their thirsty tongues here and there
Amphibians as they were to find
Not enough water and insects in the ponds to dine

For they aim to grow fat
Reaching for more wriggling worms beyond the tiny lily pad
Off they leaped
Grabbing their new paymaster's fishing rod
Shaking off their tails to reveal they are nothing but ugly toads.


Karen Goh
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Trust Me


"Trust me!"
Said the crafty crocodile
Laying half submerged in the water
Its eyes glistering
Mouth wide open
Bearing sharp fangs

"Trust me!"
Said the arrogant Perkasa crocodile
"BN mampu berubah"
We have a master plan
"STOP"
BN Selangor Take Over Plan
"PRU 13"

"Be grateful!"
Berated the crossed BN crocodile
"Non Malays must be grateful to the Malays
For granting you citizenship"
because you are "pendatang"
"The Indians came to this country to beg
The Chinese especially the women came to sell their bodies"

The crocodile crunched its mouth tightly
Swished its tail mightily
Splashing the water
Scooping
Swallowing up the unawaken rakyat.

Do you still trust BN?
It has been plundering openly from the people for over fifty years
With its wide sly eyes
Tyrannosaurous teeth
And harden hides.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Dont Cry For Me Reformasi



It won't be easy
You'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love
After these turbulent years
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen
I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window
Staying out of the sun
So I chose REFORMASI
Running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to

Don't cry for me Reformasi
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world they were all I desired
They are illusions
They're not the solutions they promised to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

Don't cry for me Reformasi

Don't cry for me Reformasi
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of
To say to you
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true




Adapted from ' Don't Cry For Me Argentina'