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