Poem(2) Composed individually during Poetry Slam Coaching Clinic

HDB Cleaners


Guess what I work as
Working everyday till night
Doing the job I do not like
Picking rubbish everywhere
Sweeping void decks here and there

Cleaning kitchen waste from the chute
Cleaning and clearing dog's poop
Because I did not read my textbook pages
This is how I got low wages

I was not fed with proper nutrition
Doctor said I got malnutrition
Then I have to pay for clinical fees
And I got even thinner
This is a life of a HDB cleaner

Poem(1) Composed in a group during Poetry Slam Coaching Clinic

Group:
Jun Hao
Ee Lok
Min Feng
Elvin
Zachary
Wei Hong



Taxi Driver

No, No, No!
Not even a single hello to me
Get me there fast, I'm in a hurry
Move on, Quick!
This is all they say

Yes, Yes, Yes!
I will get you there as fast as I can
What do you take me as?
Throwing up in my cab
Making my cab smell like a polluted dam

Maybe, Perhaps, Okay!
Urgent for the toilet
Rushing for them
Bored in a cab
Pay is pathetic
But no one cares
And I have got 10 hours of my shift left to go