CIII | Minority

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I finally decide

to submit
a blank vote

because
this is ridiculous.

But when I reach the cashier
and am about to insert

my voting slip
into the donation box,

the cashier lady
puts her hand over it.

'Sorry, sir.
'You can't vote.'

'Hah?' is the only thing I end up saying.

'You're Chinese,
'you're straight,
'you're pro-life,
'you're christian.

'You're part of the majority
'so you don't get to vote.'

I stare at her.
'Then, who get to vote?'

She smiles.

It's clearly a smile
she's practised
many times to get it perfect.

'Only the minority, sir.'

A Malay man behind me
tells me to hurry up,
don't hold up the queue leh.

So I have no choice
but to step aside
and let the rest vote first.

Does this mean
I'm stuck here
in this supermarket
forever?

Whaaaaaaat...

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