Category: The Happy Farang (page 4 of 5)

The Happy Farang is the name of a chapbook I wrote and published at the beginning of the 21st century, signalling my entry into the self-publishing hall of fame.

15 January 2000 / 0 Comments

Low Season, Last Days

depressed as the prices no longer
deluded by smiles passing signposts
kilometres coming no closer to what
were once called destinations – border
crossings & pass-outs different games
same rules waiting for the photo-op
that might make the cost of the ticket
worthwhile – low season, last days &
the promise of last rains again linger
as clouds obstruct an aeroplane’s view
let tomorrow’s dawn break as high as
a season – bright season, first day
14 January 2000 / 0 Comments

The Kip & How to Carry It

in bundles my friend!
in every pocket!
stuff those notes!
hang the exchange rate!
just get out there &
start handing it over!
spend it daily!
spend it gaily!
but wait – there’s more!
it’s all for sale!
everything must go!
clothes looks lifestyles –
out the door!
but wait – there’s still more!
you can buy it –
come on & try it!
talk’s cheap –
you can buy that too!
but don’t forget to bargain!
13 January 2000 / 0 Comments

Under the Pavement, Laos

under the pavement, laos in dissent:
a skin full of worn bones, the footprint’s
masseuse, a fist full of pavements & laos

under laos, the mekhong’s predictions:
swallowing bombs, reeking dimly of lao
beer on a menu full of laos & mekhongs

under the mekhong, the current’s advance:
upon an unknown beach, a silent chorus,
from a porous row of mekhongs & currents

under the current, the riverbed’s half-truths:
imprints of bottles where eyes once shone,
yawns in a mouth full of currents & riverbeds

under the riverbed, the earth’s velocity:
half-lies boring rings in fire, extinguished
by the scrutiny of riverbeds & earth

under the earth, the fossil’s remainder:
snails that spiral, ladders of chance, scratches
in sandstone outlining earth & fossils

under the fossil, the stone’s logic:
a dead language rehydrated then vaporised
by the closeness of fossils & stones

12 January 2000 / 0 Comments

A Photographer’s Wet Dream

ah! luang prabang ancient capital unesco
world heritage magnificently preserved
in pristine condition please bring cameras
film & kleenex for the mop-up /click! &
we're off through the view-finder: monks
kiddies grannies trannies ripe for developing
when you get back to your secret laboratory
national geographic are definitely interested
oh i'm spent! /i'm spent again! / how the stock
churns like spectators through a turnstyle!
i can feel it! the money shot's in my sights!
i'm getting warmer now! i can't hold off much 
oh!

           click /click
    /jesus! 


click /click
                             oh!


another kleenex moment
11 January 2000 / 0 Comments

Cock & Football

cock & football! it's time to get up &
don't those horny roosters know it! 
cock & football! cock & football! around
the brown river bend here comes dawn's 
breaker rise & shine cock & football! cock 
& football! cock-a-doodle-do! it's morning 
once again & don't those poor hens know it! 
cock & football! your smoking pleasure! 
international! now available - via satellite 
in black & white and colour blasted straight
into your "loungeroom" with all the subtlety 
of a striptease on speed cock & football! cock 
& football! get out of bed reach for that cold
spoon & apply before rising cock & football!
world cup final! & a nice pair of legs to stare
at while shouting cock & football! time to get
up you frisky fat farangs cock & football!
cock & football! cock & football! cock & football!
cock-a-doodle-doo! 



			       fucking cockheads
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