seems half the work of weddings nowadays
is all about the asking. bigger better
bangs and bucks, and every suitor sets a
higher bar for better men to raise:
flash mobs and fireworks and fighter rides –
the shock and aww is how a bride computes
your manhood, though the snazziest of suits
will sink without a rock of proper size.
is there an issue of sincerity
if over coffee, talk turns by and by
towards the prospect of an hdb?
would it be disrespectable if i,
while at a hawker stall, drop to a knee,
and place a tissue packet on your thigh?
HDB is an abbreviation for Singapore’s Housing and Development Board that is also commonly used to denote, as in this case, one of the many Housing and Development Board public flats.
It should be noted that unlike many parts of the world, these flats are not generally perceived as low class or of inferior quality, and indeed houses a majority of the population.
