A Box to Fill Up

Lying in bed, in this room, one afternoon, 

while rain water kept dripping on the glass window, 

depriving the room of daylight, I kept peering, 

for no reason, at the ceiling. 

Signs of you were in every corner: 

that small picture frame which kept your smile, 

those magazines you often asked me to buy, 

that lipstick-written graffiti you wrote on the wall, 

and the laptop full of logs 

of our chat. 

Today, at 36 degrees centigrade, I've got a box 

I can't get myself to fill up.

Colony

Over 50 million registered voters are expected
____If you want to know where the sweet is, follow the ants
to troop to polling places today.
____Not one ever hoards information or loot. They like to share.

All in all, nine candidates want to be president
____It's hard labor until they die
while eight are vying for the vice-presidency
____carrying loads of sweets into protected vaults.

There will always be complaints but 85-95%
____Others are destined to mate first then die,
success rate will be good enough
____others to fight to keep the sweet intact then die.

Voter turnout is expected to be higher
____But there is one who needs to survive
than the 70% registered during 2004 polls
____and for whom they live. The queen who woudn't quit.

So Dry and Still

In this summer heat,
anything I touch is too warm.

I miss the coolness of your skin-
my fingers wrapped around your arms.

I wish for your shade-like presence
in this air so dry and still.