Soy Goo's story

"Ma, wah mai keuh"
I don't want to go

The dilemma in mind:
if he goes, drowns, then regret
if he doesn't go, the money spent on his fare, waste

I go; we purposely sink the boat,
so the ship will rescue us, bring us to land.

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A dream:
He came to me in a dream
tall and looming
covered in white from wrist to ankle
"Ming, burn money for me to use"
"What kind of money, Ah Bah?"
skin pale and finger pointing
to a fire in a bin.
"Geem tzwah" gold paper
to burn for the dead.
"How much?"
"Enough for me to live."