American cheese, if you please
Not Taiwanese or Japanese
Nothing Maltese or Vietnamese
American cheese, if you please
You say I must try Swiss Cheese
Lebanese and Nepalese
At Chanukah, ‘Monterey of Maccabees’
Farvoss?* American cheese, if you please *'What for?' (Yiddish)
But surely you’ll take a bite of Siamese
Portuguese, Pekinese or Paraguese
And how can you neglect Senegalese and Congolese
Not now. If you please, American cheese
Is our diner a narrow-minded provincial
Nisht!** ~ she’s old, a Jewish immigrant NYC election official **No! Not! (Yiddish)
I've never been to Kathmandu
it's highly unlikely I'm ever going to
and I don't consider macaques the least bit holy
while some there choose so to do
tho' they may be Nepalese aristocracy
no they won't make a monkey of me
such couldn't leave me any colder
as it's all in the mind's eye of the beholder
and who decides what is 'God'
of all possibilities chapter and verse in the universe
why give such Old World primates the nod
how about a slug or a ladybug
polyphyly and insects are equally relevant too
in fact if we're allegedly created in 'His' likeness
why not me... or even you?
Skillary Spillary
Sir Edmund Hillary
Climber, Philanthropist
First up Mount Everest
Liked to keep bees
New Zealand juvenile
High-altitudinal
Knighted in fifty three
Maintained humility
Loved Nepalese
I have researched the issue extensively
and concluded most indubitably
The #1 problem we must confront immediately
is that the NBA is Tibetan-Nepalese free
I realize that this kind of news may just shock
both NBA fanatics and weekend warrior jocks
As there have been social media rumors of a plan
to load up rosters with ex-soldiers from Afghanistan
Well, I for one, will not let myself get distracted
The data's in, my words will not be retracted
At this very moment, President Biden's selecting a 5-star commission
to highlight the egregious wrong of Tibetan-Nepalese inadmission
Our nation has the talent, the drive and the will
to effect change to rock the world from Singapore to Brazil
For the NBA's bias against Tibetan-Nepalese is a vile disease
infecting every team owner privileged to speak Americanese
So, let us look forward to that great day
when NBA game-time rosters will look this way
Fifteen Tibetans versus fifteen from Nepal
~ as long as they sing our National Anthem before they 'play ball!'
~ Not for Contest ~
Whoa! My cabinet's 'not diverse enough!'*
This identity stuff is really tough!
Greeks, Poles, Nepalese
Turks, Finns, Congolese
You do it, Kamala ~ You're no creampuff
_________________________________
*'Biden's Cabinet not Diverse Enough'
was the top story on Chicago news
stations at 5:30 p.m., Dec. 09, 2020.
Away from the sun to the horizon
flaming road
Lamps with different colors and sizes
Different group of people
Came out of the house
In the thick midnight
Anyway, male or female,
Beautiful Couples
Completely natural
City streets
Street sidewalks
Street Squares
Garden benches, drifts
Sweet light, with a touch of cool air
and welcome to love one
In love with love exchange
Exchange in pain with bottle
Money exchange with work
Property gambling in casinos
Beer bar, dance bar and night clubs
Beautiful like night angles
Dance and enjoy loud music through DJ effects
With magnificent colorful light
Where can get fully enjoyed
Peoples Night Life !
Oh, the quiet and enjoyable atmosphere !
Screw assembly in the streets in the middle of the night
Yet the city is safe depends
Macau
What a joy to behold the world
Unique Night life is !
Baburam Panthi
Nationality ; Nepalese
Now a days : Taipa Macau
Yellow leaves fall
Harsh humid heat;
Earth gathers debris
~~~~~~~~~
Time runs away
Space now bereft;
A change of heart
~~~~~~~~~
Empty space
Nothing much here;
Going away present
~~~~~~~~~
Odd couple here
East meets West;
Lovely colours
~~~~~~~~~
Old lady sells
Daily newspapers;
Sidewalk news sermon
~~~~~~~~~
Humid hot day
Fiery sun bombards;
SPF29 still tans
~~~~~~~~~
Morning crystal ball
Mirror exposure;
Wrinkles and grey hair
~~~~~~~~~
Earthquake tremors
Nepalese tragedy;
So many deaths
~~~~~~~~~
Sense deep loss
Houses collapsing;
Hard times overwhelm
~~~~~~~~~
Tears and pain
Sorry affairs;
Disaster recovery
~~~~~~~~~
Poise styles
Heavy hearts mourn;
News highlights tell
~~~~~~~~~
Crimson colours
A red sun burns;
Rain dilutes blaze
~~~~~~~~~
Young lady walks
Brown poodle;
Shoes on canine feet
~~~~~~~~~
Just fancy that:
Bad reviews *****;
Footsteps retreat
~~~~~~~~~
Breezy dandelions
Cottony seeds fly;
Swirling sensations
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
17 May 2015
Singapore
As the bus rode
through the molting pine forest and
the crumbling ochre rock formations;
bits of colorful cellophane litter brought the only relief to the eye.
Inside, behind a profusion of people,
boxes, backpacks and assorted baggage
babies slept.
The bus creaked, shook and groaned
its way down the serpentine,
asphalt, mountain track.
Passengers chattered away in Indian, Nepalese, Danish and English,
abrasively punctuating
a Universal discourse;
As the vehicle draped from roof to bumper,
careened from rock walls
to sheer ledges, beeping.
Stray pets and wayward cyclist dodged its downward flight
Into the valleys maw.
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