Singapore 12/09: Light and shade

i.
return to race; but
new level of graciousness.
new pecking order.

ii.
stranger in my house.
make the right gestures but i
feel the elephant.

iii.
slow bullet train.
how fast can you go in
a country so small?

iv.
my iPhone headphones
can't block out noisy child
or ugly passengers.

v.
24/7
shopping - distraction from
my dislocation.

vi.
no more Mercedes.
gone are your status symbols.
no shortage of gods.

vii.
old haunts, old habits.
points of reference give way
to memory.

Ian Row