Thursday, March 03, 2011

the silence of the motorbike


silence

silence


One motorbike sound gone
I hardly hear it for days...
The neighbor guy who always starts his motor
Kicking it a few times in the morning

It was quiet for the last few days
One day I saw him he had grown thin
He came out from a car then he drove his bike
Then it was silent most of the mornings

I heard he just came back from hospital
There were speculation of his condition...
He used to smoke a lot in the day....
Old age resistance becomes weak

Now he is totally in the house
I never see him riding his bike now
Maybe he has suffered lung cancer
His wife doesn't want to tell

At least he managed to celebrate
The Chinese New Year before he fell ill
The guy who used to sell durians
Under the big fat tree in town

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