Sunday, January 27, 2019

the banana people


The banana people*
They will feel at a loss
The local dialects they learned
One day it will be gone

The North through the South
The banana people will be left behind
In the daily conversation once they could sing along
Now they will find the language barrier in their lives

The young ones are schooled in Mandarin
The parents will teach them to speak in it
The local dialects will be ignored
Mandarin will be the language at homes

The parents think of the rising Bamboo Dragon
Spreading its wings in the economy of the world
The flourishing economy in Bamboo Dragon
The attraction to woo the seekers and adventurers

So, the banana people
In the local clan communities
They will feel at a loss
They will listen to the Mandarin words

Here, we can still converse in Bahasa Malaysia
The Mandarin speaking people have to know too
This language will bridge the gap for the local dialects
When the banana people walk the shops and hawker stalls

* people who can't speak Mandarin but local dialects

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