Aroi mak mak mak
First meal with chopsticks
Picks a noodle dish.
Fish? No. Just chicken,
Pickin’ from menu
Spicy, creamy stock
Chock full o’ noodles,
Oodles of lemon,
Swimmin’ in milky …
What’s that? Coconut.
Subtle. And aroi!
Khao soi, savory
Flavor queen of north
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The canal below
Damn dam roars nightly,
Timely, still shocking,
Talking over it
Literally hard
View is so stunning
Sunny, cool breezes
Eases the busy
Frenzy of Bangkok
Daytime, it’s lulling
Cooling off hot folks
Soaks in the river
Deliver safe swims
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First time I spoke Thai
Bai nai said the guy
Sai tai mai said I
Like I was a pro
Going ‘round my ‘hood
Sai tai mai chai mai
Chai ka I replied
Tried to impress him,
By stressing my tones
Puut Thai dai, he pried
Sighed as he quizzed
Fizzled-out convo
Slowed by mai khao jai
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