Singlish

Leon Enriquez

 

Singapore dialect

Add and subtract

Our Singlish tact

 

Words on the verge

Curl and emerge

Singlish sonic splurge

 

Local utterings

In subconscious flings

Feel poignant telling

 

Our common lingo

Tribal vertigo

Local mumbo-jumbo

 

Unless you know

Our dialect wears a glow

Where English fails to show

 

Here is a pulse deep

Even in our sleep

Our creole creeps

 

Our language haven

In Singlish taverns

Light hearts know heaven