john tiong chunghoo Poems

this physique
holds onto
a core - a
divinity that
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my words
that hit
the page
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village child tells
city boy where and how
to get an eel
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take Leonardo out of Rome
but you cant take the Roman Empire
out of his brush
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two month old
baby's cry
that tom cat in heat
(John Tiong)
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machu picchu
my feet trek on
on its own
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some realms
can be seen
but not touched
it can be at the
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Spiegel Grove reef
a navy vessel left
to be colonised
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every poem i wrote had existed
somewhere else - another realm

i worked on a jigsaw puzzle
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morning glory
two yellow butterflies'
frolicking flight
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