Colour Lumpur1998 acrylic on canvas 60cm x 84cm
It’s that KL glow
Never fails to show
Moonlit or not lit
Even sleeping we know
White lights and red lights
On lights and off lights
Blue bits and dark bits
Bits we don’t know
Colour Lumpur
Colour Lumpur
K.L. I know
Even while sleeping
I still see you glow
Business As Usual In Petaling1998 acrylic on canvas 60cm x 84cm
Business as usual
Watches for sale
Gucci, Armani
Arsenal, Brazil
United and Nike
An’ Rolex Cor’ blimey
Busy and bustling
Lots of time
None to spare
Haggle and barter
I’ll give you the other
Pedaling in Petaling
Oh what to wear
Business as usual
Apples and pears
Durian and mango
All selling their wares
We go and you go
Every kind of brand
Shouting and singing
Down Petaling strand
Satellite Eyes1998 acrylic on canvas 122cm x 84cm
Satellite eyes
In a satellite sky
Invite you to dine
Kuala Lumpur high
Beaming in signals
While you eat and muse
The panoramic scope
Of dynamic views
Revolving gently ‘bout you
The city of a dream
A garden grew
A house or two
And now a tower beams
Telephone and TV
Entertainment
News
Calories and cooking
Football boots
Brand new!
Handy phones
And fashion clones
The gospels
Good and bad
And guess what else?
The buffet’s huge
You can eat until content
Then supper on the moon and stars
Sam plays the next lament
This upward reach
Of aerial speech
Allowing more
To learn and teach
To one
And each
And everybody
With communication
For a hobby
This Way Up1998 acrylic on canvas 127cm x 127cm
The eye reaches high
Looking to the sky
There’s always someone higher
Looking down at you and I
A bird or a plane
Or a copter with an eye
There’s always a building
And a back-drop sky
Looking where you’re going
Look you in the eye
And the blue backdrop
Hanging from the top
Holds a crown up to heaven
Saying this way up
Good Day Sunshine1998 acrylic on canvas 122cm x 84cm
Steadfast and solid
The sun comes out to play
The twins just stand – they’re cool man!
Glass and steel OK!
As if they’ve known forever
That this is where they’ll be
Good day sunshine
The weather’s fine
That’s tea for two
That's two for you and me
As if they always have been
And as if they always will
Stand tall and proud
With tea-pot hats
Good day sunshine
And how!
The Lords Of The City1998 acrylic on canvas 84cm x 60cm
The lords of the city
Watch over their domain
Glimmering and shimmering
Even in the rain
KLCC How Does Your Garden Grow?1998 acrylic on canvas 127cm x 127cm
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How does your garden grow?
With palms and lakes
And spaceship mosques
And air-ducts all in a row
As lush and green
As I have seen
With skies cloud-white
And blue
The buildings talk
As people walk
And the old becomes the new
Old And The New1998 acrylic on canvas 84cm x 60cm
Up from the old
Emerges the new
Looking on the street
It never really knew
Where hawker stalls meet
And palms while the day
Overlooked by the cranes
In that very normal way
City In Choir1998 acrylic on canvas 127cm x 127cm
Tall ones and short ones
And fat ones and thin ones
The hum and hoots
The honks and the toots
While up in the heavens
Standing lofty and high
The lords of the manor
Shine in the sky
Sport For All1998 acrylic on canvas 127cm x 127cm
Sport for all
Sport for all
Let’s play a game with bat and ball
Bring strength and grit
On legs and wheels
In rain and sun
Heads down
Ears wait
The starting gun
Let’s run and jump
Let’s kick for touch
Let’s spin and turn
And bare the pain
Through gritted teeth
Just try again
Lift up your head
Aim your sights
Push hard
And throw
And shoot
And row
Sweat and burn
Just do it
Go!
Drive In, Fly Out1998 acrylic on canvas 84cm x 122cm
Drive in fly out
Fly in fly out
Been here
Been there
Been round about
Oh what I’ve seen
Oh what I saw
L.L.I.A.’s revolving door
Oh where I’ve been
Oh what I saw
L.L.I.A.
Ces’t mon amour
Air Traffic Control1998 acrylic on canvas 122cm x 84cm
Air Traffic Control
Sitting in the air
Things fly by
Go up and down
Day and night
Go round and round
And as they do
Beneath the blue
They see for miles
The vast green hue
For the rainforest starts
When you touch the land
It goes on and on
To the sea and sand
And should you see
The odd kite too
Where balloons might float
While banners hang
You can be sure
Air Traffic Control
Has it’s eye on you
While it safely lands you
