July 1993
Full moon on Koh Samui
Rising from the black sea
Lightning flashing
Inside monsoon thunderheads
40,000 feet overhead
Sitting in a beer bar
On Chaweng Beach
Aoy
Sweet
Said she's 20
From Isaan
North
"Mother not know
I work bar.
I like you.
I go with you."
Her skin
Buttered silk
Smelling of Jasmine
Like a flower on the night air.
Aoy says number
"This not love
This is work."
"Go with me.
Help me.
Help family"
How can I say no?"
"Okay, let's go."
On my motosai
3 km to my crib
A bungalow
Overlooking the pla-muk boats
On the Gulf of Siam
On the curves
To Coral Cove
low down to 60
Aoy holds tight
Arms around my waist
Lightning flashing overhead
The moon running with the clouds
And me with the wind
With Aoy
Through the night
To Coral Cove.
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