Where is Key West

                          --To a faceless phantom

              That night, you said you are rushing to Key West
                       Holding the phone to my chest
              Every minute is as long as a journey to the moon
                       You said you are going to see
                         The most beautiful sunset
                      You said you are going to rush,
                   Cannot wait for me to finish my words
                             Where is Key West?

                        I had to put myself to sleep
              Sleeping pills, alcohol, books came to my rescue
                  Brought me to the deep valley of dreams
               I was following a faceless phantom to Key West
                             Where is Key West?

                       I was climbing the icy globe,
                       So cold, and suddenly so hot,
                      I was sweating, I was climbing,
                            Each attempt I made
                     Each inch I struggled to climb up
                  I slid back down to the burning equator
                             Where is Key West?

                 The globe is opened up through the equator
                      I was holding the tip of Florida
                       My feet are hanging in the air
                              Alas, help, SOS
                          Let me be there with you
                                 I am lost
                             Where is Key West?

                             Flying in the air
                      In my mind is all about Key West
                        On the pier of Melaka beach
                Talked about it when the stars were shining
                       and the waves were whispering
                     "Key West is the place to be, men"
                       Chian puffed another cigarette
                'just driving towards the sunset is heaven"
                  he said it in the funniest Malay accent
             "you are color blind, how can you see the sunset"
                         "I can smell it", he said.
                    "The tip, the pearls, and orgasm. "

                     "Key West is the place to be, men,
                   This is the tenth time I said tonight
                     You have to believe in your dream"
                                  He said.

                 Then I rushed back home to search the map
                    Oh, There is the Republic of Dreams
              Between the sea of clouds and the sea of unseen.
                 Its citizens love youth, beauty, splendor,
                  wisdom, generosity, music and the dance
           Everyone has to pass a poetic test to immigrate there
             Then they can get an authentic dreamland passport

                      Are there mosquitoes in Key West
                             Thousands of them
                    And no man can rescue me from there
                     Ai, Jack, just pick up your sword
                         Kill those insects for me
                      My blood is too sweet, they said
                           Should I sell my blood
                       and get a ticket to Key West?

           Copyright 1998 May Huang
           All rights reserved

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