telephone and sticker/ a poem by ee tiang hong ( TENGGARA 4/ APRIL 69)
TENGGARA 4/ APRIL 1969
Dept. of English/ Univ. of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia
telephone and sticker
by ee tiang hong
It isn't such
A stickler of a sticker
As when it first compels
Attention
Perchakapan dalam Talipan ini
Tidak selamat
Speech on this telephone
Is not secure.
And not only because
It at once defines
What you may safety say
And what you shall not
Lest it be tapped and tapped --
Some tell-tale secret of the State,
A careless slander, or that piece
Of gossip while it' s hot.
But the sheer coldness
Of this bakelite mouthpiece
Unnerves, and just as well
To keep the business
Crisp and to the point.
A telephone conversation
Is a delightful as talking
To a manhole.
EE TIANG HONG
(p. 72 TENGGARA 4/1969)
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