--To Chi’an
You packed and rushed to Key West
Holding the phone to my chest
Can’t you hear my heart beat like a drum?
Every minute is a journey to the moon
You said you were going to see
The most beautiful sunset
You said you couldn’t wait for me to finish my words
Where is Key West?
I had to put myself to sleep
Sleeping pills and cheap liquor, help!
In the deep valley of dreams
I was following a faceless phantom to Key West
Where is Key West?
I was climbing the icy globe,
So cold, and suddenly so hot,
I was sweating,
Each inch I struggled to climb
I slid back down to the burning equator
Where is Key West?
The globe is opened up through the equator
I was holding the tip of Florida
My feet are hanging in the air
Help, SOS
Let me be there with you
Where is Key West?
Flying in the air
In my mind is all about Key West
On the pier of Melaka beach
When the stars were shining
and the waves were whispering
"Key West is the place to be, man"
You puffed another cigarette
'just driving towards the sunset"
You said it in the funniest Malay accent
"you are color blind, what will you see?"
"I can smell its puffy sperms", he said.
"The edge, the pearls, and its white foam. "
"Key West is the place to be, man,
This is the tenth time I said tonight
You have to believe in your dream"
He said.
Then I rushed back home to search the map
Oh, There is the Republic of Dreams
Between the sea of clouds and the sea of unseen.
Its citizens love youth, beauty, splendor,
wisdom, generosity, music and dance
Everyone has to pass a poetry test
To get an authentic dreamland passport
Are there mosquitoes in Key West
“Thousands!
And no man can rescue you.”
Ai, Chi’an, just pick up your sword
Kill those insects for me
They said my blood is too sweet
Should I sell my blood to that leech
and get a ticket to Key West?
* Chi’an said that he was flying to Miami, but was caught by INS for invalid entry visa.