tagged !

I have been tagged by Gautami again. :)

This time, it's called a 10 for 10 and I am required to say 10 things about myself in verse. So here it is, in no particular order..



10 for 10


i)

it's strange, i can take any whisky,
beer, fruit juice, the bitterest of tea,
but a tiny drop of coffee
is like the deadliest poison to me.

ii)

people keep as pets, dogs, cats, canaries.
me, i once had a baby python.
no, that's not how i got this nick.
that will be another long story.

iii)

when i said i lived in singapore,
they said, ah, that's china?
and i said it's 1 degree 18 minutes north,
and 103 degrees 50 minutes east.
which tends to make things worse.

iv)

rock blasting from hi-fi.
irate neighbour
pounds on front door.

v)

i love to go a-cycling
on my mountain bike
but lately i couldn't do it
as much as i like.
(it's the damn work, baby)

vi)

i like them all, Owen,
Blake, Levine, Komunyakaa,
finest vintage,
but the flavour of the moment
is old Bukowski.

vii)

i wanted to be a journalist,
visit the hot spots,
travel the world for free.
ended up in technology.
dreams sometimes
don't end up as you wished.

viii)

"no candles no cakes no golden key
just a lighted cigarette passed around
comrades
a gulp of contraband beer
the impatient fingering of weapons"

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ix)

oh, school was a bore and a slog.
played the fool.
thought it was cool.
oh, life now is a bore and a slog

x)

thinking hard about the tenth
but the mind's a hazy blank.
right in front's a brick wall,
so folks, i guess that's all.


12.02.08
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