Singlish
Singapore dialect
Add and subtract
Our Singlish tact
Words on the verge
Curl and emerge
Singlish sonic splurge
Local utterings
In subconscious flings
Feel poignant telling
Our common lingo
Tribal vertigo
Local mumbo-jumbo
Unless you know
Our dialect wears a glow
Where English fails to show
Here is a pulse deep
Even in our sleep
Our creole creeps
Our language haven
In Singlish taverns
Light hearts know heaven
Leon Enriquez
28 October 2014
Singapore
Copyright © Leon Enriquez | Year Posted 2014
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