With downcast eyes averting from the ask
They seek to abdicate the given role
So highly paid, yet keen to shirk the task
They run with wolves but seek to play the mole
The life well lived: with hearts right on the line
The courage to persist is nigh divine!
#733 Tentang Silat Persidangan
Meja bulat berlapis lapis
Pentas tempat bersilat minda
Buah fikir berjenis jenis
Siapa menang siapa tertunda?
#732 Tentang Gosip
Gembar gembur itu
Tersembur dari lidah-lidah yang bercabang
Meluncur masuk ke telinga-telinga yang bersarang
Bergelumang dalam madu hitam yang berlumpur
Melebur kebenaran
Sehingga yang ada cuma
Kerobohan
Kebobrokan
Kehancuran.
#731 Tentang Yang Bodoh dan Yang Diperbodoh
Hoi! Siapa yang bodoh?
Engkaukah yang ditawan bangang
Atau akukah yang tersimpuh malang?
#730 Tentang Bayang-Bayang
Bayang-bayang itu
Datang sekilas dan terus hilang
Mata hati terbakar gersang
Dan aku merasa hilang…
Hilang dalam gering jiwa
Yang meronta mencabik menggarang.
#729 On Collective Surveys
In colonnades of many-coloured hues
The gathered crowd opines in aggregate
We strain to give true voice to diff’ring views
And lend some solid shape to tense debate
The cut and thrust of thoughts in mannered form
Conceals the roiling growls - a muted storm.
#728 Tentang Penghargaan Buat Dr Kat
Buat istri yang paling tercinta
Penghargaan yang maha tertinggi
Kasih dinda membunuh sengsara
Meleburkan rasa rendah diri
Rasa syukur yang terpaling dalam
Menyinar ruang hati yang kelam.
#727 On The National Scrabble Game
Acquiring alphabets to make long words
With eloquence we sing the Songs of Gold:
To farm for gain and hunt the teeming herds
And sift for value through goods bought and sold
A nation’s wealth is born from Knowledge, Grit
Of multitudes in aggregated wit.
#726 On The Great Melaka Race
In the midday sun
Frantically chasing checkpoints
A genial whirlwind.
#725 On The Mid Peacock (The Void)
Surpassing all in cleverness and wit
At least that's how he fancies his own self
(Unknown to him, to others he's a twit
Consigned to "Tiresome" on their mental shelf)
He struts onstage with performative zest
So mid, yet certain that he is the best.