Poetry: One for One (Reluctant Guests)

ONE FOR ONE(Reluctant Guests)

Boxers and
Boats
Christians and
Bridges
Charcoal and
Rails
Of Kingdom's
end 
And Yellow River's
bend
Straight hair
Woolly
Sunday whites
Snake eyes
Drop pan
Opium den
Rasta ring
Bakery
Bank
Septic tank
Ginseng root
Water boot
Street dance
String trance
Yin-yang
Bangarang
MSG and seasoning salts
Family treasures in
Leaden vaults
Legends yet
To be told
Of the reluctant 
Creole
Kong
Fong
Leahong
Shanghai
And Kwangsi
And Kwangtung 
and once again
To the ships
In which their
Forebears
Braved the waves
And to misty homeland
Farewell bade
To slake the unquenchable
Thirst for trade


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