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MARIE KAZALIA
Kowloon City
Chopin and loud hammering
a tall American tourist man standing regal in front
of the Airport Hotel desk clerk?s directions in his
head which minibus going where shopping what the
hell only a day to spend here jet descent rumble
in at an angle the shadow of it passing gray across
my wall jet fuel exhaust fills the air in an invisible
cloud Chopin?s Nocturnes endure sounds of
Cantonese cottage industry sidewalks full of selling
repairing manufacturing buzz saw grinding jagged
rotary blade whirr high pitched steel all day long
dry fishtails in the streets of Hong Kong
discarded gnawed pork chop bones
beneath the tires of a Mercedes
after just a few moments of quality Chopin
the Canto-pop music of the Chinese homosexual
plays too loud next door sounds pretty bad
even Chopin mixes high slow fast low
another jet flight path descent roar
blast of an impatient horn
double and triple parked nitemare 5 stories below
empty Tiger Beer cans on the table next to
Thai orchids repeating up three stalks
red violet in the morning blue violet at nite
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ABOUT POET
MARIE KAZALIA
Born in Toledo, Ohio but has lived her adult life primarily in San Francisco, with the exception of 4 expatriate years in the Asian countries of Japan, India and China. Her book of poems titled *Erratic Sleep in a Cold Hotel* published by Phony Lid Books, in two editions--ISBN: 0-9676660-0-7 & ISBN: 1-930935-15-3 ( http://www.phonylid.com ). Marie Kazalia also has two mini-chapbooks CC Marimbo, /PO Box 933, /Berkeley, CA 94701-0933. Price $6. each--titles are: *All-Purpose Tragedy* ISBN: 1-930903-02-2, and, *Megalopolis* ISBN: 1-930903-18-9. and Blue Language, Disgusting Similarities, Big City Savvy..
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