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Book the Second
Canto the Fifth
‘That Casanova Churl’
I
“No gogo bar!” said Jum as they set out.
“OK,” said Jim, “but where else can we go?”
“Blues Factory,” said Jum, “and then about
Ha tum – eleven o’clock – we go disco.”
Among the bars, The Blues Factory stands out:
No bargirls, but a rock ’n roll live show,
And Jim, except for pleasuring his c...companion,
Liked nothing half so much as classic rock.
II
Ha tum came round before he even knew it,
And so the two set off for Lucifer;
And what a place! – a cave mouth – they went through it
Into a giant cave. Many were there!
Rap was the scene, but Jim just couldn’t do it,
So Jum danced for him, shaking ass and hair.
Tiang kun! Jum said, “We go to S _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _.”
And say hello to puan in the bar.”
III
S _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ was in a kind of rage –
The girls were high, the customers were higher:
Money balls were thrown upon the stage,
And girls went mad the balls just to acquire,
And as they frolicked to increase their wage,
They lost their already skimpy attire.
Soon Jim was sitting with a friend of Jum
Trying not to ogle naked boobs and bum.
IV
And then a shock which made his senses whirl:
Across the room and just beside the bar he
Noticed a customer embrace a girl –
A customer who looked the same as Gary.
Gary it was – that Casanova churl –
Jim thought that this time he had gone too far. He
Worried that Jum might look and see them too,
And wondered was their something he could do?
V
Then Gary got up and went to the toilet,
And by coincidence Jum got up too.
Gary’s plan – Jim thought that he could foil it;
So went across to see what he could do;
Said to the girl, “I do not want to spoil it –
Your night I mean, but I appeal to you:
That man is married to my friend. I’ll pay you
Barfine and tip to leave him now – what say you?”
VI
The girl knew Wan, and bargirls have a code
Not to encroach upon each other’s fellas.
So she agreed and Jim paid what he owed:
A generous tip – 3000 baht – as well as
The barfine, then he heard a voice explode –
’Twas Jum. Poor Jim had never heard her yell as
Loud as this before: “Now I know why
You want to come here – you are butterfly!”
VII
“You brought me here!” said Jim, taking her hand,
While turning to the bargirl to explain it –
But she had gone. “You do not understand!
I didn’t pay her for my personal gain. It
Was to help your friend. I will expand
If you’ll give me a chance!” Jum, to disdain it,
Flounced from the bar – but worse, Jim turned to see
Another girl sitting on Gary’s knee!
VIII
And so for nothing he had lost his lover!
Lost her? Not yet! He’d do the best he could!
So from the bar he ran outside and over
The road and found her in a tearful mood.
He hugged her, kissed her, said. “I’m not a rover;
I’m not a butterfly! – honest, I’m good!”
To prove it he explained that’s he’d seen Gary. “Jim,
I believe you now, I told Wan not to marry him.”
IX
So, reunited, back to the hotel
They go at last, and on the bed they lie,
And every hour sounds the lovers’ knell.
Jum whispered, “Chan rak kun mot hua jai.”
And Jim replied, “I love you, Jum, as well.”
They kissed and Jum said, “Fan dee,” with a sigh –
And so they fell asleep in deep rapport,
Happier than they’d ever been before.
© Bangkok Byron, 2007. All rights reserved by the author.
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