Are you vegetarian?

Are you a vegetarian?

No, Im malaysian

MY diet consists of spoon fed information and a diet high on false facts and assumptions

A gumption for santan laden rice flour delicacies from fried to boiled to

selalu sangat kene kencing
kene ayat kene janji
lebih manis dari

rupa

rupa

nya

that we think of kencing manis like family
as it takes its place
in place of lost kidneys
and toes

Its a diet of eating vegetarian daun pisang with a side of ikan ayam and ayat goreng because kita malaysian semua ni power bab goreng from Nasi Mee and Kuew Teow

to Exam papers
and prompt answers

tau tau of subjects we were too busy sweating over to
really
truly
hadam

MY diet is kurang satu sudu nasi tambah satu lauk sayur kuah minyak because palm oil is abundant kita perah till our palms go dry so we eat with our hands biar rasa jari jemari pemanis lauk penyeri muka

but nothing

nothing covers the taste of salt and despair

except maybe a healthy dosa of sambal belacan, curry and everything spicy because that is how we deal with our diss appointments

with a tongue so sharp it cuts through the lemak and kepala batus biar bingai

Dah kau tanam tebu di tepi bibir
Biar aku tebang buat air minum
ngeteh waktu celoteh petang