Angeline Yap (b. 1959)
SELECTED POEMS
It Shouldn’t Be Allowed
It cannot be right
that the coffin's so tiny.
There ought to be a rule.
.. and when at night you close your eyes,
behind your eyelids, she is still alive.she laughs and plays and calls to you,
her little fingers take hold of your hand.
It just can't be correct
that the coffin's so tiny.
It shouldn't be allowed.
by Angeline Yap
from Seagift 2024 (2024, eds. Miriam Wei Wei Lo & Alison Dench)
