There is nothing you can do,my therapist reminds me, again.Hospital visitsare glorious walksalong tinted viewing walls of life, love and losson displayon white walls and whiter wards.Those who enter for visits oftenscurry outaching for a cigaretteto medicate their troubled thoughts, that humin their heads, that thumpingin their chests. There is nothing I can dobut remindContinue reading “Hospital Visits”
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Boxes
When Sunday comesYou bring out a box filled With Berita Harian newspaper you’ve kept for monthsso that you make some money with the karang guni manhopefully When Sunday cameI brought out a box ofBerita Harian, The Straits Times, TODAY, and other flimsy clippings and faded articlesof my existence that my mother keptall sealed in a box, and IContinue reading “Boxes”
Hospital Visits
There is nothing you can do,my therapist reminds me, again.Hospital visitsare glorious walksalong tinted viewing walls of life, love and losson displayon white walls and whiter wards.Those who enter for visits oftenscurry outaching for a cigaretteto medicate their troubled thoughts, that thumping in their chest. There is nothing I can dobut remind myself, againyear afterContinue reading “Hospital Visits”
Lorry
The day will come when you who have helped to build our nationwill finally get to sit backon cushioned seatstoggle the aircon filter to your likingbuckle down the belta protection you once couldn’t afford a given right that this country has left out for you. The day will come when you can gaze out the windowand laze and never haveContinue reading “Lorry”
Rendang Recipe
Mak insist she wants to masak, this yearjust like last year. But she can no longer remember the recipe to her beef rendang, her signature dish for Aidilfitri. Food I feasted upongrowing up and tasted each year without fail. Everything isdifferent now, her hands a little moretender, the taste slightly peculiar, the aromaInviting stillbut her sprinkled seasoning of loveremainsContinue reading “Rendang Recipe”
Apple Tree
You have packed your boxes14 years of memorabiliafrom your cubicle desk in a record timeof 4 hours,scooped into brown boxes and blue IKEA bags. You return to your enclosurewith physical relief,your body heavyclimbing the stairs in the dark,the hallway light is out. You turn your keysand take a peek of what’s to come:Heaps of laundryContinue reading “Apple Tree”
If You Die Tomorrow
If you die tomorrow, then I am screwed big time. I will need to lead in your final prayer stand in front of those old Tok Imams and recite strange verses which I can never comprehend which you have never understood. If you die tomorrow I will need to buy that archaic Book start learningContinue reading “If You Die Tomorrow”
In Separation
Picture-Perfect Family A Beautiful Portrait Mother, Father, Daughter Yet, no smiles. The child. Makes or breaks, Tragic that it has come to this. The woman. Shows strength in subservience, Gives gift in giving. The man. Masculine only in the mind, For his heart feels for the feminine. The real sufferers are the innocence The innocenceContinue reading “In Separation”
Pockets
I keep dreams in my pockets. When I was ten, I wanted to be a Blue Ranger. I wasn’t handsome enough to be a Red, nor black enough to be the Black. So I had to settle for Blue. When I was twelve, I wanted to be a soldier. The kind that would go intoContinue reading “Pockets”
Woman of work
“I was taught since young that love was something you work at. You work at it all your life because that is the greatest work you’ll ever do here on earth.” – ‘Loud Mouth Loving’ From young, I’ve seen you work. I’ve seen you from washing toilets to washing people’s laundry. I’ve seen you gettingContinue reading “Woman of work”
Al Hafiz Sanusi 