RABBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE…

 (A tribute to the confused and cunning organizers

and supporters of the Bersih protests…)

by Mansor Puteh

He was a rebel without a cause.

That’s old Hollywood.

James Dean is dead.

He died in his Porsche speeding along

a deserted highway.

Days after he had recorded a film clip on road safety

America mourned, with him gone

And learnt Hollywood films and stars can shine

and also crash.

He was a rebel with a crash…

Here in Malaysia where they hardly ever watch

much American films or TV

They think they are James Dean in

Rebel without a Cause.

He died speeding in his Porsche.

Here, we have many who like

to Babble without a Cause.

They think they know what to say

But they end up being caught red-handed

for being rude and a nuisance

many dare say

They think they are the whole country

But who gave them their backing?

Some foreign funding…to do the bidding for them?

They did not run in the general election

Because they feared losing

They choose to be choosy going to places

where people are aplenty

Here they choose words which sound coarse

But no sense did come out of the mouths

or in any meaningful discourse

They have too many a-times said

the same things

When the whole country had moved on

They prefer to be stuck in America’s of the 1960s

Thinking that by dragging the Sixties,

they can forget

That they are soon to past their sixties

Or are approaching their seventies…

and beyond

And who would soon be gone…