“The Cries Of A Conservative Burmese Guy”

My beloved little lizard

Wants to watch Premier League in England

Wearing a football jersey

What a surprise!

She says the village's football ground is muddy

I didn't happen to tell her that we have Skynet in our village

She loves Korean soap opera

She wants to be proposed on a jet

And go to romantic dinners

Burmese attire is suffocating, she said

The world is getting warmer So she wears a mini skirt And eats her ice-cream fast

She doesn't show up regularly at her class

But when in the club, she always does

She says women can walk abreast with men

She disgusts at the sight of a public drinking spot

And buys bottled water

She says eating rice is boring

While pizza is palatable

She says both genders are equal Women can do everything men can You know, she is stolen by the west

She says Thanakkha and long hair

Belong to a village girl

She gets her hair permed

She asks, " Don't I look pretty?"

She goes after modern devices

And tries to keep up with the modern age

She dreamily gazes at luxury cars

She says she has a pile of certificates She could even use them as a pillow Heavy rain

Roaring wind

Striking thunders across the sky When she lights the cigarette She is so westernized

She says hotpot which she pays to cook herself is a healthy food

Someone unknown has stolen this woman

She is occupied by a ghost with globalized-skin

She goes shopping in holidays

When she's asked to go to a pagoda

She says, "No, Buddha is already in my heart."

Jagermeister smells so sweet

I can't stand the odor of local wine

Says the woman I love

She wants me to wear a suit

With a tie!

She wants me to speak English fluently

She says call me traitor

She says I don't believe in keeping my bloodline pure

She says I'll marry anyone I like She speaks whatever she likes But she’s too lazy to listen

When she says "Democracy"

Her L'Oreal lipstick smells sweet

She says you don’t look good

She says you have no fashion sense

She says it's a shame to go out with you

She says don't chew betal quids, Your blood colored mouth isn't

As pretty as Robert Pattinson's in Twilight" She says I wish you know what beauty means And she repeats it

The village girl I love

Is chasing the rainbows in this world

She doesn't want to go back to our village She says the taste of tamarind juice Doesn't hold a candle to that of domino

She says women also have the right to masturbate

I blush at her words

She says porn sites are one of her emotional outlets

Something's wrong with the world

Wearing longyi encourages the rapists? What's the matter with you, City Girl? Won't you ever go back to your village? Won't you ever go back to your village?

"Facebook is my second life You're my third" I dare not open my mouth to say

"I must be your first".

In their country There's no such chaos There's no such.....

No such..... No such.....

She started talking about things on TV too often

She says we don't share the same opinion She says I can't find things to talk with you She doesn't even want to be on this land

She says eating with hand is disgusting

She says street food is not clean

She cleans her spoon and fork with a paper towel She takes her hand sanitation gel out of her bag She says she is going to gym

She won't listen the advice that making Thanakkha paste on a stone slab is an exercise

She says I let her down

Because I don't dance with her at the club When guys drool when she sways her hips She would look at me and smile

She said cooking is a waste of time She does not take bus but taxi Always staring at her phone screen Sitting beside me

Talking to people who aren't here

I barely exist and am almost invisible to her

I don't hear her talk about the village anymore

The farm turned into fast food

That woman is not what she used to be anymore

Hello world

Your village girl won't come back at all..........

 Lwan Tay Cho