we did it our way in Siem Reap

we did it our way in Siem Reap
look how happy we were!
cannot ruin it with complaints
so what that the guide knew no English?
so what that i could not grasp the Mandarin?
only one concession i needed:
a tuk-tuk to the night market
without a tisk
to the happy balcony at once
we
like two flickering ivory moths 
singling out nothing, blaming no one
two Tin-Tin's along lumpy Cambodian roads 
red dust flying in our adventurous faces
doing it our way
choosing the place, the date, the return...
next time colonial British facades in Rangoon 
excite me more ancient Khmer tombs
all irrelevant in the sunshine of our noon
in killing fields void of flowering scents
our love still in bloom

(happy valentine's day)

2-10-15