breakfast talk

Too many choices may not be a good thing...

photo by dsnake1



breakfast talk


it's a good morning
i say let's walk to
the market for breakfast
i want that yong tau foo

     walk, seriously?
     let's take the bus
     it's too hot today
     we still have choices

have you seen the news
today? Kabul fell
that's far away for you
some place called Afganistan

     wait, there's an eatery
     with the same name nearby
     crispy prata, sweet tea
     but i don't fancy curry now

the people there maybe
don't even have a choice
for breakfast or transport
and you talking about the weather

     yo just throw on some
     shorts & tees and slippers
     come on i take that long walk
     i won't be mad, promise



23/09/2021
**********

Magaly at Poets and Storytellers United would like us to write poetry or prose that includes dialogue. Food is one of the things that gets us talking.

---

Take some time and think about food waste.

---

© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2022

path

This poem is about choice. A fork in the road. Strangers coming together. How someone can changed your life, and things could have turned out very diferently

photo by dsnake1



path


were it
not
for
you
coming
to me
on one
sweet summer's night
(
my path would have been lined with knives
(
no soothsayer would
i need
to tell
me
how
my
world
would collide.



30/04/2011
**********

Rosemary at Poets And Storytellers United invites us to write about "a choice you made (large or small) and tell us what followed – or to imagine how things might have been if you'd chosen differently".

---

“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.”

― James Baldwin

---

© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2022

the problem is money

it always is, isn't it?

photo of a wall mural by dsnake1



the problem is money


you think sleeping on it
it will go away?
what are the chances of
one striking the lottery?
and then losing it
the next day.
or shall we wait
like withered flowers
in a vase?
that's very unlike you
bringing it up
a couple of parang hacks
will do the trick?
come on, let's get a beer
while we are still breathing
how long can you live
staying in cheap dorms?
the problem is money
yeah
and that freighter to taiwan
too
one day a lady in red
will sell you out
for some coins
when you are having
your morning coffee.


12/05/2021
**********



Does this looks like a character out of a TV show? No, it is partly based on some real life gunmen and gangsters.

---

The problem is no one plays the difficulty.

*
from “Three Problems” by Noah Eli Gordon

I was inspired by the lines from the above poem. This is a prompt from the Bibliomancy Oracle. It can work in criminal ways.

---

© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2021