Penang
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Midnight and no sleep in dock at the Swettenham Pier
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No cicadas, just an aircon’s dreary fan
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No ‘Okay Lah’’s to be heard around here
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To soften the traffic out on the jalan
The generations of travellers here
Have gazed up at the Bukit cloaked in green
The gentle bays with no pirates to fear
And the fine British buildings so white and serene
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And felt they had found their Mandalay
Dm E7
From where they would never need to embark
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A ship, to see out their Somerset days
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Melt from an Andaman sunset to the dark
I too should be sharing this dream
But I’m lonely and I’m lost in a jungle of fear
Pulling disasters from the air like ripe mangosteen
Yearning to get back to a life miles from here
This, the bitter fruit of my karma
Not sweetened by ‘tinkly temple bells’
Even in this place farthest from harm, a
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Chinese dragon can drag me back to my hell
Soulful, contemporary American poet steps out with piano-heavy solo record. Husky vocals ride bluesy rock and r&b riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 25, 2014