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Come with me
and I'll take you
for a pre dinner stroll
around my new neighbourhood
through an empty block
and across the verdant golf course
we can see the peak
of Bali Hai
along the road sides
the beautiful Frangipani,
called Plumeria in Hawaii,
is now flowering
in whites
and various shades
of pink and red-yellow
while the air is filled
with gorgeous perfume
and the lawns littered
with their spent petals
and over here
strident Birds of Paradise
claim their patch
I think
I shall be very happy here
in my new neighbourhood
for a few months...
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