Born and bred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shereen is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Dunedin, New Zealand. Her first published poem "Dunedin, October" was shortlisted for the Poetry Kit Summer Competition 2015.

Shereen Asha Murugayah

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Central dogma of molecular biology

(The ribosome says to the polymerase)
We make mistakes
but I still do what you ask me.
My twenty for your four,
your three to my one.
I read your stories
and make your meaning work.