Colombo

Waves topple like skittles down the beach A gecko is the room’s unpaying guest Sinbad sailed these seas by such a moon The old colonial bed stands on stiff legs A gecko is the room’s unpaying guest The hotel writing paper’s wafer thin The old colonial bed stands on stiff legs Banjo the one-eyed dog howls for a bone The hotel writing paper’s wafer thin Catamarans hunt tuna round the bay Banjo the one-eyed dog howls for a bone Tropical lightning cleaves the night in two Catamarans hunt tuna round the bay Waves topple like skittles down the beach Tropical lightning cleaves the night in two Sinbad sailed these seas by such a moon