of cleaning houses and (kan cheong) spiders

“a broken web –

a refugee spider is still

looking for a home”

“don’t worry, spider

I keep house

casually”

- Kobayashi Issa

Seriously, I'm not a literature person nor a big fan of poems, much less haiku like this. Hello, just because I come from Arts, you stereotype me to be a super-chim airy-fairy person is it? *stares*

Jokes aside, I didn't put this up so that people have an excuse not to do spring cleaning at home. I encountered this pair of haikus quite a while back through the blog of my favourite film director, the late Yasmin Ahmad.

I thought that among all the "making a difference" call we've all been receiving and inspired by, it is good to be reminded about some things in life. And it is best said through this pair of haikus.