Half Moon Over Kowloon

:reprint of an old blog:

i.

The night lurks
behind concrete hills
as the ground trembles
with roars of screaming
manganese underneath.
Moon is halved
by chinky eyes
and grinding teeth:
sixpiyem China rushes
like a nightlong series
of subway
waves.



ii.


Lama is looban.
the sky meets Hong
Kong here yet after
the hills stop before the
sea.

benzes&bmw’s are barbecued
dreams bearded bangladeshis
bury beneath the gutter --
as they are babies for
filipinas in their masters'
garage.