the mystical red scarf
fluttered from the east to the west
transcended history and art
religions and technology
medicines and plagues
she survived
the harsh sand storms
the blistering desert sun
she surpassed
the camel corpses
the night thieves
prevailed the long journey
she staked out in torn shreds
marked the history
in scarlet
the long legged musicians
are
playing flute and guitar repertoire
while
parading into the honeymoon suite
高脚小儿郎
吹箫入洞房
There are so many things to do in life
Some may be good and some may be bad
Like a roller coaster of ups and downs
There are also many risks
Like you saving a family member
and the risk is that
you might die from doing this
There are some risks you can take
and some you just can't
So Risk can be good like
saving a family member and living
Or bad like
you save them and you die
I am a fugitive for life
there is nowhere to hide
run from mundane 9 to 5
fly into the vanilla sky
“Open your eyes.
You’re going to be fine.”
everything rings lies
illusion cheats no time
I had no electricity
at first
the zen in me remained calm
candle light was special
and poetic
I had been kicked around
like a soccer ball
between the energy supplier
and the strata manager
neither cared about
my defrosted deep freezer
and lukewarm refrigerator
fail after mistake
empty promise after fail
error after lip service
my anger surfaced
they started to receive
official warnings
from me
they retaliated with
strata by-law and ombudsmen
my anger turned into rage
I plotted to cause
the strata manager
to lose his job
the customer service officer
to be humiliated on national tv
then
I paused
to remember the difference
between
the outright angry customer
who screamed at the cashier
and
the polite cashier
who took complaints
day in and day out
eventually the passive anger
went ballistic to
gun down everyone in store
I finally realised
they were just a few
soggy frozen dinners
and wilted vegetables
I will have some wine
and write about it
rather than
follow through the plot to
destroy
you’re from out of space
among the diamond rain
just crash into me
Flicker of Thoughts 