Originally posted by DeadPoet:
Hahaha, I think this poem should be read by every members
of the ruling party. 
Indeed sometimes I do see myself as ant, going to work, day in day
out, following the mass, etc. 
Just a few things I need to clarify,
First line Sometimes in my dawn, the word my is it from the
islands point of view, i.e. the personification of the
island?
If that is the case, the word we in Imagine that we should all,
are you referring to Singaporean in general?
So is this poem written from the island point of view or from the
Singaporean point of view? Actually it is not a big issue liao, I
just want to know have a better picture in order to better enjoy
the poem. 
Secondly, first stanza, second line the smoke from the ants
below, the word smoke, are you referring to air pollution in
general?
I love the way you give our leaders a god-like status here,
[b]The leaders of this nation
stand warily amongst us men.
Be it fear or distance
no one can see through
the coats of white and
the poker faces in public debate
It is about time they come and live among us mortals.
Overall an A + piece of work!
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Well, the "my" is the poet's POV. Subsequently, I wanted to give
the poem a feeling that shows the foucs from individual gradually
shifting to a more public point of view, thus the "we".
The smoke actually refers to the pollution from the cars below,
because they are as many cars as "ants"..Hope you enjoyed the poem.
