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Mum
November rain pelting the car
Just another typical day for mum
Wadding through Penang’s traffic in the day
Running errands, buying food for the kids
Returning home exhausted late at night
Endless hours spent driving on the road
Hear the whispers of the road
Leaking through the stained windows of the car
Starry nights merely a blur in the night
The rushed life of a single working mum
Eternally craving the touch of her kids
Their smiles bringing some order to her day
8’o clock, start of her day
She tells the kids she is content on the road
As she prepares hot breakfast for the kids
Drinking coffee on the way to the car
On the move again, a typical mum
Her delight waiting for the night
A lone car driving at night
Worn down by the excursions of the day
To think this is what it’s like to be mum
A slave to Penang’s unforgiving road
Her companion nothing more than a car
