Ething mokada ban (a poem)

by Basil Fernando
[June 12, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian]

Diggy- Diggy- Dong
Ara balapang ban
A corpse passing by


Ething mokaka ban
Don’t people die
Nothing matters machang
Nothing matters now

Rape, robbery, bribes
Ething mokaka ban

Nothing matters machang
Nothing matters now

(Ara balapang ban – Look,
Ething mokaka ban- So what?
Machang - friend, slang term)