"DORSCON PINK", Skylar Yap

Reminder to all Singaporeans: Do not leave
your homes for non-essential activities — such as
social gatherings, overthrowing the patriarchy or
fighting for human rights. Do not challenge our God
of Public Sentiment. Do not exist within the realms
of free speech. Do not step foot into Hong Lim Park, for
your home does not exist. Stay at home. Wear a mask.
Comply with restrictions. Do not

#tryagain. Shine pink torches out of your window and
applaud yourself. Picnic on your living room floor,
corkscrews now allowed. Practice social distancing
from public sentiments. Practice sodomy. Leave a trail
of ixoras hastily plucked from the bush at your void deck to
your bed. Order LED lights from taobao and spill
champagne on your sheets. Make blasphemous
love in those sheets, sweet and sticky. Make a Home.

~

/ Skylar Yap is an artist/psychology student/??? who dabbles in every art form she can get her hands on. A jarred SingPoWriMo veteran of four years, her poetry is inspired by the angst of Charles Baudelaire, the forms of SEA, love for her writing collective zerosleep, and a cesspool of lived experiences.

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