<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392461" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Young Men in Maun</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The house, on which the moonlight fell<br>Leaving a ghostly shadow mark<br>Had a porch, a low white wall<br>On which my Norwegian friend<br>Perched with the trophies of his hunt</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He worked in the village hospital<br>A laboratory technician, he knew<br>Exactly who had tested and for what<br>But it was not so bad, those were <br>The years before the HIV</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once a month, just after pay day<br>When the moon was full over the plains<br>We'd open the door<br>Loudly unleash<br>My late 70s dance mix tapes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And invite the council workers in, <br>The nurses and the Danish volunteers<br>He bought the beer, I bought the bream<br>From the fisheries depot, cooked it up<br>With lemon juice in thick wide pans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Six days a week John drove to work<br>Never bringing his lab tests home<br>Preparing for his doctor's life<br>He stocked the fridge with kudu meat<br>I cooked quietly, not touching his peace</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far from perfect, but beautiful<br>Ruled by the codes and by the moon<br>Like the lovers of our nights, with whom<br>We visited the riverside<br>Drank beer and coke and watched for birds</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that house - still standing, probably<br>These twenty-five years on<br>Protected district property<br>Its small garden of moon<br>Drunk dry by brazen sun.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392461" data-title="Young Men in Maun de Frank Bana" data-description="The house, on which the moonlight fell Leaving a ghostly shadow mark Had a porch, a low white wall On which my Norwegian friend Perched with the trophies of his hunt He worked in the village hospital A laboratory technician, he knew Exactly who h..."></div> </div> </div>

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