RKS Poetry Anthology: “Where can those Americans in Singapore be?”

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Where can those Americans in Singapore be?

They choke the streets in Barcelona

Making the locals moana

They flood Venice and Rome

Thank God with McDonalds they feel at home

They storm Paris congregating at the Eiffel Tower mouths agape pointing up and down

Some locals begin to frown

They flock about in London searching for a glimpse of the King

Most wearing running shoes walking with a spring

Where are they in Singapore?

Hardly any I have seen and throughout the city I been

Have they already been there and boarded their cruise ship

In time for the midnight chocolate buffet?

Not making sense

as usually they are in throngs so dense

reluctantly I get dragged to The Raffles for a Singapore Sling

I see them now talking up a storm their dress and accents giving them away

They are all in a lineup for the Long Bar for their Sling fling

But at $44USD a pop that price makes my head explode

I’m hopping outta this place like a toad

If you are in Singapore missing your friends from the States

To the Raffles you should go

Comfortable in a nationalist glow!

Robert K. Stephen

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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