My badge has a Latin motto
Hope for the future
The future is hope
Or something

At times black crows try to interrupt
When we sing the National Anthem
It is difficult to maintain
The whiteness of my shoes

Especially on Wednesdays
I must admit there is something quite special
About the bare thighs of hardworking scouts

The Malay chauffeurs
Who wait for my schoolmates
Sit on the car park kerb
Telling jokes to one another

Seven to the power of five is unreasonable
On Chinese New Year
Mrs Lee dressed up In a sarong kebaya
And sang Bengawan Solo

The capital of Singapore is Singapore
My best friend did a heroic thing once
Shaded all A’s For his Chinese Language Multiple-choice paper

In our annual yearbook
There is a photograph of me
Pushing a wheelchair and smiling
They caught me
At the exact moment
When my eyes were actually closed



1) The poet has a feeling of nostalgia for the past , even though his badge supposedly seems to emphasize "Hope For The Future." The fact that the poet still remembers tiny little details of past proves that he misses those good times and would like to relive it once again.

2) OWN POEM:

I put on a mask of annoyance
Every morning
At the start of school

Teachers often chide me
I could not help but doze off
Although work was tough
I managed to scrape through everytime

Whenever I am emotional
My friends are there for me
I still remember
The good times we had joking around

Everything must come to an end someday
And that day finally arrived
Graduation Day

All of us put on a nonchalant face
Deep down inside
Emotions were churning
We would never see each other again

Suppressing these sorrows within me
I headed home

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