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Sabaydii,
Here is the continuation of a series ‘Coming home’ entitled ‘Two grand structures’
Hakphaang,
Kongkeo Saycocie
Passing by That Luang[1] ground
Seeing the two grand structures
One of the national assembly
The other of the monument of the soldiers
Pathet Lao[2] soldiers
Can’t really say
What I thought
A nation divided
A country trying to forget its past
Grand as the national assembly is
It lacks something of substance
With only a cheerleading role
What’s its use for then?
Like everything of the old regime
Nothing is good enough
So came bigger grander
But unfortunately
Not something that makes it so
The spirit
The energy
That brings forth that idea
With the car on NongBone road
Halfway between the old national assembly
And the new one
The old soldier monument
And the new one
I was stuck in the middle
A man of two pasts
Equally unpleasant
Where would I turn then?
Tell me
9.23.03