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Exploring the world, one voice at a time.
ALILA FEVER
path between rice fields
lined with stone lanterns
bears the hotel’s new name
fourteen years past
our bed in the chedi
we check in again
wayan in uniform
son of the old staff
sprays insects at dusk
japanese nymph wraiths
float with the mist
on the infinity pool
pining for tennyo
long since the yen failed
my desire remains strong
seven steps down
to the sandstone shrine
with an empty throne
our dreams rise as dust
departing the alila
when fever has passed
©2019 by Andrew Leggett
Andrew Leggett is an Australian author and editor of poetry, fiction and interdisciplinary academic papers, living on the Central Coast of New South Wales. In additon to medical degrees and postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry and psychotherapy, he holds a research masters degree in creative writing (poetry) from University of Queensland and a PhD in creative writing (fiction) from Griffith University.
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