Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 106

A Day of Old Shanghai
Leung Shek Chee College, Chan, Irene - 13
The yolk of an egg spills out across the sky.
Birds wake up to find food and fly swiftly to the ground.
A new day in Old Shanghai has begun again.
Look around the busy street.
See, a clown acts like a monkey.
People laugh and give him some money.
Four guys, around a table
Playing mah-jongg excitedly.
The winner shouts –hurray!
While the others want to sadly cry
Because they know their wife may as angry as a bull.
Quack! Quack! Quack!
Oh, see, the duck also laughing at them.
Lots of diamonds shining in the quiet night,
Those attractive girls that sing like birds.
Some gorgeous colourful flowers bloom across their cheongsams.
You can even smell perfume from them.
The women and men enjoy dancing with the soft music.
Tonight is for relaxing.
Everybody enjoys the atmosphere.
Tomorrow will be another wonderful day.
So, good night, Old Shanghai.