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NaPoWriMo Challenge Prompt Week 11:

"Today, I challenge you to write a poem in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn’t seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course, really does. I think of the “surprise” ending to this James Wright Poem as a model for the effect I’m hoping you’ll achieve. An abstract, philosophical kind of statement closing out a poem that is otherwise intensely focused on physical, sensory details."

Let's start at the 4-way traffic light.
Each intersection bringing with it a new possibility,
Of something familiar.

Go straight down Jalan Bahagia.
There'll be that Shell & Petronas on the right,
And the hidden road to the backlane of the LRT station.

Go further down and to your left.
Where you will find yourself in SS6,
The land of small Giant, Syed Bistro, Kedai Sebelah & Energy Fitness.

Go straight all the way & you'll hit Paradigm Mall.
With its many entrances and exits,
Housing Tea Garden & Suki-ya.

Even further down to your left,
You will come to Zenith Corporate Park,
And Sterling Condominium at the end on the left.

So many lanes, intersections,
And shortcuts,
Yet none of them could lead me back to you.

- SB

10.06am, 3rd August 2016

Aboard the Putra LRT

SB is a conflicted soul of sorts, who is mad enough to go chase after what she really loves as opposed to conform to society and her mother's idea of a successful person. She prays she makes it in life, because she will not be able to tolerate the nagging that would follow if she doesn't. Her inspiration comes from everything around her, as well as made up situations in her head. Good luck distinguishing between the two.