phnom penh and poem

for reception. dial...

No sooner. the premise.

than the flightdeck interjects.

wisdom. ceiling-to-platform.

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here at the border.

my name knows no diminutive.

no sobriquet. welcome to.

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nights shell stamped motorways.

a room. equatorial.

to shiver in. at what time.

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the hotel.

and its sisters.

not minutes away.

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slapstick was born.

at the corner of. cashed-up

and haggling. like lears eldest.

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your room. one o seven.

this wall. an etiolate waterlilies.

some phrase to note.

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steps forward

like the mirror extends the room.

wherever you go.

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dont ask me the way.

to distraction. corner of.

two hundred

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seventy two stairs

well call countless.

the citadel. two wars on.

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its moss black balustrades.

a bridge and niche location.

for photographs. i.e. postcards.

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(i will email you. the postcards.)

of drip coffee. palm oil and biodiesel.

if the xich lo. goes electric.

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post departure drags...

in a matchbox couchette.

microclimates defined between

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top. and bottom bunk beds.

last nights. wake up call. incidental sunrise.

are we at the banana-leafy

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border. in that cloud.

of unfiltered drum. and brickdust. not yet?

there are no rooms.

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your name.

is waiting at the border.

"i will meet you there."