i saw a small snail 

slowly sliding outside the door

not wanting to disturb it 

i closed the door

the next day i saw

a shell unfleshed in a pot

a shell damaged in part

and i wondered

was it the colour

of the shell

of the snail

i had seen

if so 

had it been broken

after the snail had left the shell behind

to further sojourn

or 

heaven forbids

great snake

stepped upon

before so gone

seemphony

holding firmly the baton
the maestro rhythmically
dips and digs
the wand wanting

letap letap letap

i go

letap letip letap letip

false trotting to the waltz


the maestro clenches a fist
to his heart
fixes me a sharp look

then flatly changing stepping
i go

taple taple taple

hara-kirri the kiri kanan

salvation


if you ask
and i ask back


do you mean am i safe
as in safety safe
as in do i wear a helmet
that prevents debris
from falling and entering
that encapsulates
the poison in the head
 that makes me unsafe


naturally i  would say 
as in not condemned safe


or


do you mean am i saved
as if i am lost in the wilderness 
with the hounds in the dark menacing
and i crying out for help


naturally i would say
tis just aim and fire thats all


oh


if you mean 
am i salvated
as only the one can invent the intervention


sadly i could only say
i am only just 
on the first step
on my way
not your way
nor his way
nor our way


might be a leap
to the stars
or the other way

circe d'loh

circles

i like circles before one
unlike most who like circles after one
this is the picture of circles before one
if you mirror image on one as axis
you would get circles after one
you would be as rich as you can be
here i would fly in the flyer
in a circle looking down on one
as poor as i can be

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LEAVE ASIDE

last fall
a falling leaf fell
from a way side tree
along a macadamized road


along came a blower
whose whirling machine swept it
onto the curb


along came a sucker
whose twirler urged the leave
from the inplanted
told to instantly provide shades

to go into bin

this fall
a falling leave
from a forest
will gravitate
unsung
unswept
to decompose
to nourish itself
to the roots

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Written by Lim cho Him in response to an earlier poem.


金鵲本是自由身
奈何今为笼中囚
众人知我關金鵲
无知误解關錯鳥
醫院应是严肃地
遍地愁云漫山野
忽来震耳爆笑声
开怀一笑敌医药

弟祖炘

痴呆如失马，
焉知不是福。
人生多风雨，
记忆徒添哭。


responding to the previous post, Looi wrote the abouve

阿尔茨海默氏

还尽了江山
还尽了河流
空空末存在
忆而无得记
记而无的忆