A Palpable Sense of Loss
Today, Tuesday 5th November, 2013, the roundabout at Bukit Brown was destroyed. “Now a black bird wings across. The low sky saw it open its beak. No sound comes. What were we destroying?” Too many pausing to question the dusk, glorious colours drain within their eyes, forgetting questions it stirred.” — Chew Kheng Chuan, 1977 “A sense of history is what provides the links to hold together a people who came from the four corners of the earth. Because […]
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