Brilliant Buddha sits high above
Clutching his shiny coins
He snatched from his begging bowl
Surrounded by flowers yellow and red
A carousel of children
Sit on, stand next to
A dizzying ride of horses
White and yellow draped with jewelled saddles
One boy, one girl, one boy alone
Watch wistfully apart from the rest
Gaping mouths of intent dragons
Water red and pink splashes
Over their green u-shaped bodies
Rocking back and forth guarding knowledge
A huge portal stands calling out
“Come, come” there are dead flowers
And cigarette butts on the other side
And a taste of freedom
Gargoyle George perched on a chest
Surveys the room and is at the ready
The red horse head is gone
The one from the movie “The Godfather”
It lays in a bed next to a man
Who will wake up at 10 a.m.
Witches’ balls blue and red, round and not round
Hang in the air helping George
They suspend like errant soldiers
With one eye open for evil
China birds and butterflies
Light up when anyone comes near
To playfully tug on their tails
Blue and yellow and red around
256 songs float through the air
From morning ‘til eve - one day
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