NICARAGUA
(Written in 1989 by Thavrith Bunkasem)
 
The banana, the mango trees
The mambo, the salsa
Ah, that jazz of melancholy
Somewhere in Managua
 
The dead tanks in the lonely field
Were out-grown by the many grasses
This was one of the battlefields
Dealing with guns, bombs, fire, and gases
 
Taxi was the one-door
nineteen-seventy-five Corolla
Drove me places,
I saw the people of Nicaragua
 
The Nacíonal Palacío stood with pride
Warm welcome was something it did not hide
 
Nicaragua, the war-torn country
Like Cambodia, they've the same story
 
This is the similarity:
A n a s t a s i o S o m o z a
P o l P o t alias S a l o t h S a r
Both practiced atrocity

Works by Thavrith Bunkasem

1. A Child Worker of Angkar      
2. Imagine     
3.  Ah, c'est ça la vie!     
4.  La première neige (The first  snow)   
5. The Beauty of the Night     
6.  Nicaragua    
7.  La Revolution   
8.  I'll be gone   
9. The Tide of War
10. Notes from Africa...  
 
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