II.
In Thailand.
In Bangkok.
In a Thai relative's
house as a guest.
In bed.
In a sweat drenched panic.
Alien birds crying.
Scary, loud, buzzing things
beating at the window screen
until
I turn off
the light.
Then
I hear the
one, lone mosquito
that buzzes in my ear
and
gorges on my blood
all nite.