poetry is a way of looking at things
i can no longer grasp or inhabit.
(the trick i have not learnt, of course, is how to do both at once –
grasp
and inhabit – like a bird
perched on its nest’s
edge glancing at
me then at
you – a trick
because it isn’t a looker.) neither are you.
Ong Szu Yoong lives in Singapore. He has a poem upcoming in Galavant. He can be found online at http://noctilucents.tumblr.com