The Ballad Of Kajang Prison Of Bossku S Solo Birthday Bash

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HEMMED in by prison walls
He cuts a forlorn figure
Sitting on his bed of plank
With nary a thought of joy
To lighten his heavy heart.
Oh! How I wish to gaze the sky
And breathe its air of pure freedom!
Now he shakes his head in gloom
To remember thus all those years
Of unbridled power and kingly cash.
Brought down by pitiless law
He spends days and nights
Ruminating his luckless fate
When once life for him an endless
Parties of birthday bliss.
Happy Birthday Bossku pic.twitter.com/fFppiPOF0h
— MYNEWSHUB (@mynewshub) July 23, 2025
Birthday? Ah! Something clicks
In his mind as he looks up
To see on the grimy wall
A note he scribbles reminding
Him today was he born!
Then footsteps he hears
A warder outside his dingy cell
A rattling noise he makes
As he thrusts something
Through a small opening.
Happy birthday Bossku DS @NajibRazak may Allah SWT bless you always
23 Julai 2025#1Malaysia pic.twitter.com/fA2ZvOA15S
— BrotherBatu Return (@morasaki12) July 23, 2025

In the patch of light so dim
He barely makes out a small
Cake served on a banana leaf
With some words scrawled
Carelessly across the soft top.
Hari jadi Bossku! He looks aghast
At this spongy thing he thinks
A cruel joke played on him
For in all his festive gatherings
Never did he bite a banana cake.
 Birthday Najib la today(23rd July) Madani punya bodoh sebab ada boot lickers ramai sampai announcement pun pathetically timed pic.twitter.com/eJHscFYpUy
— Rudelyawken (@rudelyawken) July 23, 2025

Oh! How he craves those yummy
Butter cakes with all those
Chocolate icing richly laid
With small cute candles
For him to blow come every year.
Now with mournful eyes he stares
This bare banana cake for him
To usher in his 72th milestone
With no friends or family members
To share some watered-down fun.
pic.twitter.com/YWxPcq05Jp
— Eric SeeTo Lim Sian See (@LimSianSeeEric) July 23, 2025

He bestirs a force uncontrollable
Swelling up in him bringing
Tears to his tired eyes
His trembling voice on the verge
Of giving vent to his feelings.
He looks all around him
As if seeking human companionship
But only espies one lonely
Figure standing before him
‘Tis his shadow on the wall.

Then the dam bursts his low
Sound from his throat
Breaks forth a song
To his shadow he sings:
Happy birthday to you!
He lays himself on his rough bed
Fixes his swollen eyes on the ceiling
A birthday wish he must make
Slowly he forms his words:
To home! To early home! – July 27, 2025

Phlip Rodrigues is a retired journalist.
The views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of  MMKtT.
- Focus Malaysia.

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