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Borneo

Am D
Singapore to Kuching
Em Am
Straight down to the river
Em Am D Em
For satay, noodles and tiger beer
F Am G F Am Bm
Goodbye blighty, better to live here

Up the coast to Miri
My old wooden house on the beach
I wonder if the Piasau bride still stands
And the clangs from the shipyard still reach...

C x2001x Am7
my bedroom under Casuarina trees
G Am G Am
Where reflections from the water played on walls
F C G F
And night fell sudden on the South China Sea
And we all felt the insects’ call

Those days I was someone with a family and status,
Respected as an expat, a class above
Now I return as a frail old husk
Alone and unwanted, bereft of love.

TJD
6/11/23

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from Ramblings of a Disused Mind, released December 11, 2023

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

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