Christmas excitement
Gaffers & gofers
booms & boxes
trucks & trolleys
They've chosen today
to shoot a movie
2 floors below me
No pics allowed
Twenty four tropical Christmases
It still seems so odd
so discordant
Disconnected
Gambling movies filmed
when most of my friends
are last-minute shopping
and thinking of Santa
They're wrapping presents
and keeping secrets
Thinking about how long
the turkey will take to cook
Dressed in jumpers
coats and scarves
Fingers blue
noses red
No puddles to slide on here
no snow
Just air like silk
and monsoon rain
Sweat trickling
in endless rivers
No goose bumps leaving tracks
across my skin
Out the window
cheeky mynah birds chatter
a white bellied eagle soars
Not a robin in sight
As the sun sets
painting the sky
a kaleidoscope
of gentle colour
A nomad soul wonders
why she's happy to wander
And yet
she so longs to belong
Dec 24, 2010
Dec 24, 2010 at 1:22 AM UTC
Christmas excitement
Gaffers & gofers
booms & boxes
trucks & trolleys
They've chosen today
to shoot a movie
2 floors below me
No pics allowed
Twenty four tropical Christmases
It still seems so odd
so discordant
Disconnected
Gambling movies filmed
when most of my friends
are last-minute shopping
and thinking of Santa
They're wrapping presents
and keeping secrets
Thinking about how long
the turkey will take to cook
Dressed in jumpers
coats and scarves
Fingers blue
noses red
No puddles to slide on here
no snow
Just air like silk
and monsoon rain
Sweat trickling
in endless rivers
No goose bumps leaving tracks
across my skin
Out the window
cheeky mynah birds chatter
a white bellied eagle soars
Not a robin in sight
As the sun sets
painting the sky
a kaleidoscope
of gentle colour
A nomad soul wonders
why she's happy to wander
And yet
she so longs to belong
Singapore. Christmas Eve, 2010
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