Oh Bulgaria

oh bulgaria!
what has money done to you
no one here has change
girls & striptease club posters
make us all less human

oh bulgaria!
your elevators have doors
to trick foreigners
pretty girls in miniskirts
keep our change as tips

oh bulgaria!
you serve us red beer & white beer
& green salads with flags
your children play hackey-sac
in subterranean liquor stores

oh bulgaria!†
can i buy a bus ticket?
i mime a bus on the boulevard
where i meet my haiku friends
we are strangers to each other