it's a new day

Goodness, it's been a long time!
I'm in Malaysia for the time being and this poem feels a little like the sticky, green, sweet, salty, smelly, and thickness of this country. It's more of a feeling or a sensation than a description, but that's what I like about it. South East Asia is a new sensation that is becoming more quickly recognizable when I see it, smell it, taste it.

"When the elephant’s-ear in the park
Shrivelled in frost,
And the leaves on the paths
Ran like rats,
Your lamp-light fell
On shining pillows,
Of sea-shades and sky-shades
Like umbrellas in Java."

Tea
Wallace Stevens