Remembering Roald Dahl - The Pig
firecrackers
were noisier
than the hosts
the pigs when
they were ushered
in three days ago
well, the crackers
since they were
invented were
to frighten away
the nien monster that
came plaguing
villagers every year
and their job is
to be loud to -
drown out the old year
and rock in the new
year of the Pig
really drew out
the pig in me
i have been
spending
the whole time eating,
sleeping, writing poetry
and watching CDs
nothing particularly Chinese
I had observed except
the red T shirts I wore
to give some identity
to my roots, some respect
red is for luck and is a
divine prescription to
do away with nien as it
does not like red hot fiery red
another reason why crackers
are always red
well, me was born in the year
of the pig 47 years ago
and according to Chinese zodiac
have a good knowledge
of how to luxuriate in the
goodness of this world
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poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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