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Dec 01
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Yellow Sweater

Bangkok

Sweat soaked and delirious in unflattering khaki, I smell durian:
the notorious stink of custard, sweet side alleys, and jungle sunset,

Tourists dream of cheap cloth and translators, 
hungry for golden temples, sticky with mango flavored fervor. 

English gets you plastic shoes and psychedelic old world charm. 
The markets sell the same words over and over again.  

My khaki is washed clean by sudden thunderstorms. 
I am running and panting and floating and hot again.
 
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Posted: 12.01.20
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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Dec 01, 2020

    Once again sick with the travel bug. I suppose this joins a series of poems that already include London, Paris, Wales and Copenhagen.

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  1. amaryllis
    Dec 14, 2020

    AHA you had me at durian! Wonderful piece though, as always. Have you been before, or is this an imagining?

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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Dec 14, 2020

    Thanks! I have been actually:)

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