Letters from Hong Kong


The pillars that support the concrete bridge are not empty
They are quite hollow
People laugh at me when I say this
They contain gangsters who fell out with other gangsters
And letters from Hong Kong
I was a gangster but I am no longer a gangster
My driver shot me in the head in a rapid dream
I knew this and killed my driver when I woke up
The filthy pillar that faces my bedroom window
Contains his brutalised remains
Thousands of cars pass by every day
Unaware of his troubled eternity
That is why I am no longer a gangster
When the bridge is finally demolished
The remains of my driver and other gangsters will be found
But I will be long gone and forgotten
And living quietly with my wife in Hong Kong

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