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 © | Year Posted 2014

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