On To Hongkong On To Shanghai Poem by RIC BASTASA

On To Hongkong On To Shanghai



got this trip this end of march
on to hongkong then to shanghai and then to thailand

she feels the excitement
chinese cuisine, great walls, thai dances
cheap jewelries, fashion clothes, river trails
exotic architecture, disneyland, and seedless durian

sometimes, i think about this escapade
i imagine when i am there
hongkong taxi, and chinese resto
i could have them here in chinatown

and disneyland, oh i am not a child anymore
for these ariticial fantasies
and what does thailand have to offer
but stinking elephants

at my age, no magic is possible
waste of time, waste of money

but she likes it and she's happy about it
that is more important

i am, nothing, but passe,
a past living in the past, not looking
for a future, not even the present

as to how it tastes, i am numb.

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