Hungry for ideas -
a fish dish would help,
an unhinged arm's length away,
way over the Yangtze River,
where, far from the nearest eyeball,
drunken cormorants dive
for silverplated carp.
Alas, any old iron skillet
will not fit this oily range,
I will have to cowboy it,
first, beans and baby powder
to talcum my muffins
while I break-in some roughhewn chaps,
then to rodeo this coal-black cooker,
as I lasso a China man,
a wise angler who knows how to catch,
the natural gas of an angry Puffer Fish.
Welcome to China’s gorgeous Yangtze River
third largest river in the world
rising at Jari Hill
in the Tanggula Mountains
christianed Quian by Marco Polo
seventeen hundreds renamed Blue River
Quayside bazaar
Odd artifacts;
Trinkets to go
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Poignant tune
Old memories flood;
Trip to yesterday
~~~~~~~~~
Airport arrival
Homecoming route;
Mid-afternoon buzz
~~~~~~~~~
Laundry lady
Dry cleaning job;
Helpful hints
~~~~~~~~~
Sleepy hangover
My mother's voice;
Dreamy interlude
~~~~~~~~~
Old giant rubber tree
Huge monolith;
Treasured monument
~~~~~~~~~
Abrupt torrential rain
Misty blur ooze;
Traffic congestion
~~~~~~~~~
Newspaper headline
Yangtze River mishap;
Death by drowning
~~~~~~~~~
Mailbox arrivals
Big brown envelope;
Prize-winning certificates
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Busy arrival hall
Airport crowds loiter;
Familiar faces
~~~~~~~~~
Fruit shoppe offerings
Delicious temptations;
Colourful range
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
04 June 2015
Singapore
A year ago the Yangtze River Dolphin was declared extinct.
In Memoriam: The Yangtze River Dolphin
November sunset --
Quickly does the evening fall
Upon the village.
The Yangtze River still flows
Past the fossils on the shore.
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