I am proud to have a friend who writes good poem that entertains me!!!
i write about singapore
House tax, income tax, GST
Everything in Singapore is not free
Even taxi also must raise fee
Changi to Orchard not very cheap
ERP plus airport fair all one heap
I count also until want to sleep
Foreigners who come and find a place to stay
Always become the taxi driver prey
Taking the long route since they don’t know the way
But AngMoh no choice, must say OK
Its like tax is Singapore’s identity
Drive past Bugis also must pay money
Morning everyday six o’clock
On bus so many people, I very shocked
Practice the Singapore spirit they always do
They think rushing for seat is so cool
My friend always say if cannot find seat
then don’t go school
Lady in her 70’s boards the bus
Her leg is wrapped in a plaster cast
Looking so frail she may turn to dust
There is Silence----as everyone stares
Slowly these turns to glares
Don’t come here, go board the stairs
Up there I think have more chairs
Slowly she advances Undeterred,
Her soft footsteps they all heard
Passes by the seat with the nerd
Suddenly he concentrates on school work
To the end of the the bus she has gone
Yet the Singapore spirit still stands strong
Uncles sipping coffee and tea
In the bus, aunties gossip intently
All pretending not to see
Economy so bad, people lose their job
So all must go gamble at Integrated Resort
Next year you see like Las Vegas
Debts piled so high it reaches Uranus
They say its all for the economy
No need worry about calamity
Always say foreign worker at void deck very noisy
Own self midnight sing karaoke, others go crazy
Tax rise a little, we all riot
Why not just go on a simple diet?
Other country get tsunami til very bad
Singaporeans all say very very sad
Ask them donate money all call you mad
But once got free thing, all first to grab
Poke our nose into everything,
Little event also must make big
Post on stomp and MTV
To let the whole world see
Don’t worry, this is part of our nature
Always complain about the future
So everywhere we go, people know our identity
Stand proud, backs straight, Singapore is our country!
By: Lau Juehua(: