Did the CCCC think it can tame the Andaman Sea
With its reinforced fleet of barges and ships and new ‘artillery’?
An influx of contract workers to do their ‘dirty job' so as to survive
Toiling at the excavators to create a ‘fantasy island’ with waves riding high?

The sea protested on Sept 20, tilting a barge with its excavator
Submerging it and an operator desperately hanging on in the raging waters
By Providence, the worker was rescued to live another day
When the barge jammed with another filled with rocks as waves raged all day

Why is the barge placed side by side with another in foul weather?
What safety measures are there for workers working in stormy weather?
Why are workers not fitted with life safety jackets nor given a safety discourse?
What use will be a Dubai-like Palm Island “when Nature takes its course”?

Is E&O and the CCCC blind to their ‘mess’ of the sea - what a malade!
As wave upon wave of more than 6 feet high pound the promenade?
Of swirls in the Straits Quay Marina snapping at ropes of rocking boats
And a warped pavement while the sea-breaker and shoreline further erode?

Is the rainfall a prelude to the arrival of the mythical ‘Nine Emperor Gods’?
Whose welcome is invoked through waterways and rain which is not odd
Will we hold our breath to see if the full wrath of the sea is unleashed
On the 9th day when the ‘Gods of the Stars and Planets’ are sent ‘home’ with relief