In my quest for growth
I
have often sloughed you off
Like
a skin, a snake skin:
A
thing of loose scales and patches –
This
culture, these concepts.
Yet
always I am surprised
By
another layer, regenerated
Without
my realising:
Your
‘lahs’, your ‘tapaos’, your ‘mamaks’
Too
close beneath my skin
Species
Warga Malaysia
Despite repeated discards.
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