“Balance”

Tis now Sunday PM,
that preacher woke me up again
and the new church loudspeakers seem to working well.
Thank you very much !!

The heat, the smells and the people,
PNG at it’s best.
Just a visitor in this strange land,
and I survive.

Interaction is the key
to staying safe.
This line is uncrossed by many,
and now I understand why.

Tambus, wantoks and the rest,
always there, never far away,
lurking, patient
and ready to pounce.

Has Rob gone tropo ?
We think he has,
gets around barefoot
and chews that ghastly buai.

Rob interacts,
fuck – does he interact !
seen often with the locals,
talking, sharing and holding hands.

But this afternoon – out with the “others”,
down to the Lae-Int,
for some food and drinks,
balance is perhaps within reach.