From 593df9ac3368464419adb185c1a72b27d999bfbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pheng Heong TAN Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:39:31 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] remove poem I feel like I want to move on from the state of mind that the poem reflects --- works/poetry.html | 110 ---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 110 deletions(-) diff --git a/works/poetry.html b/works/poetry.html index 05f20e7..596c080 100644 --- a/works/poetry.html +++ b/works/poetry.html @@ -72,116 +72,6 @@ life-span of a cow

-To you
- -

- I’ve made markings on the shore
- -You’ll have to go there, before
- - the next time of high-tide,
- -If you want to see it -
- -You know the sea will devour it
- -Ain’t that like Snapchat without
- -The electricity?
- -You have… Twelve hours,
- -Maybe?
- -What?
- -You’re avoiding the beach,
- -You want to see it on the SnapMap
- -While you commute on a public bus,
- -And even then,
- -You might - might - decide not to give the SnapMap
- -Any attention,
- -You’re busy clucking at the bus-driver while
- -He jerks the bus perversely along?
- -I don’t trust
- -You
- -Nor your fickle
- -Attention
- -I- I’ll thank God
- -For the sea
- -For the sun
- -For the wind
- -For the sand -
-For the little child, shrieking in delight -
-As the waves roll in -
-I’ll pray to God -
-To make me his wife -
-We’ll marry, if He is willing -
-And then, -
-And then, -
-I’ll pray for you, -
-That you’ll have food -
-When you’re hungry -
-And water -
-When you’re thirsty -
-And then, -
-I won’t see you -
-I won’t be on the SnapMap -
-You don’t need to thank me -
-I’m your (unworthy) servant, -
-A hopeful wife of God, -
-Servant of God, -
-Child of God -
-(I don't mind being -
-A door-keeper in God’s house, -
-Either) -
-Not a lioness of God, -
-Sylvia Plath said she was one, -
-And then she committed -
-Suicide

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