Carousel

She smiled at me from the D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ carousel;
When she saw me watching her go round and round.
At the end of the set she came to sit with me
And I bought her a drink. Then straight away
She said, “You barfine me?” I said, “OK.”
But was it just for baht? – I couldn’t tell.

Then as we walked she proceeded to tell
Her life story – which was far from OK:
An abusive Thai husband who’d run away
With a karaoke girl. Now she had me.
Happy again! What goes around comes around –
Karma – the Buddhist spiritual carousel.

That’s how we started on love’s carousel:
But whether for better or worse I cannot tell.

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