Wilson Khor W.H.

The sun paints the sky
with colours of curry

Best enjoyed with rice
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Even if all I gained
from the sun above and the earth below
is nothing
but bitterness,
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If I could invert this rainbow
while this sky begins to blush
in the hundred shades of dusk,
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There are still so much for me
to learn about Korean cooking.

But I do know
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I have turned my back years ago
on the smoke of joss-sticks
and the ashes of joss-papers
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Waited for hours
Beneath the night sky
For your fair countenance
To beam before my eyes
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Men sure have it easy
Thinking I'm a robot
Who has all the answers and solutions
To every household problems
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I believe in God.
I believe in the God who called me
out of my homeland,
out of my father's household
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We are all refugees.

We constantly move
from place to place,
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I don't know where to go
or even where to stop
in these crazy streets of Manila.
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To a Vietnamese girl
who loves the moon:

The sweet rays
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If you are ever a sun,
the warmth from the morning rays
cascading from your head
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She served me coffee

The colour
of her sun-kissed skin,
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Life is like coffee
and we, like coffee beans.

But even if we're ground,
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If you've visited
the Cordilleran highlands,

You'll know that rainbows dwell
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I finally understood
why people pray

Even for those
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