Saturday, June 12, 2021

Reading Today at Ubud Poetry Show

 Bali Go Down

In love with the lovely people - embraced in their culture so fine

Priest pours holy water o'er us - and we wear the three colored twine

Entranced in dances and Monkey Chants - offerings, altars, and weavings

The lushness the sea the sky and the breeze - we never want to be leaving

 

Ah darn but it's going down - down  - Bali go down - Tibetan long horn sounding

 

Arrived on a Monday morning - flight from Singapore

Started off in Kuta - surroundings  to explore

Hadn't been in Ubud - in almost thirty years

Didn't recognize it at all - so jam packed front and rear

 

It's going down - down  - Bali go down - Theramin sighing

 

They called it the overbuilt island - way back in 92

And they didn't stop or miss a spot - another shop could undo

Fleets unloading at Gilimanuk - planes pourin to Ngara Rai

Concrete an trash are piling up - nothing scapes the charm killers eye

 

It's going down - down  - Bali go down - Saw crying

 

As fast as the hopeful new opens - lonely ruins line long the street

Empty eateries beach chairs rooms taxis and floors - awaiting millions new feet 

Then one brick too many was laid - and a shaking and rumblin began

The ground shifted down from the weight of it all - and the ocean rushed in cross the sand

 

It's going down - down  - Bali go down - Timpani rumbling

 

From the deck of our ship - we look back as she slips

And like Titanic slinks - into Davey Jones' sinks

Silent and numb - with tears on the run

 

Wavin bye bye Bali Goodbye - bye bye Bali Goodbye - bye bye Bali Goodbye

 

Violin singing - shiva dances


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