Monday, August 16, 2010

LIT HBL!

This is the poem that I chose:

Under the Covers

Yong Shu Hoong

According to the pastor,

Christmas wrappings

Are trappings that prevent us

From peering beyond the façade

But such a beautiful façade:

The festive glitter on Orchard Road

Fake snow pied luscious upon storefronts

An endless chorus of cash registers

Plastic cards zapping through the slots

So fast you can imagine fireworks

So the burdens of the world

Are reduced to the weight of parcels

Drawing lines of strain

Across your palms-

Is it time yet to swop niceties, get ready

To pull the wrapping paper apart?

Wordle link- http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2297645/Under_the_Cover_


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