Michael D. Amitin

Brunei Girl

She said she wanted to celebrate her eighteenth birthday
At the Beverly Hills Hotel
Her younger brother Aptos 
Chirped that this venerated institution
Owned by the illustrious Sultan of Brunei, 
Not a nice man by many accounts, 
Was not a nice choice

The Sultan, real name Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin,
Meaning ‘abode of peace’, 
Had recently declared that all peacable Bruneians
Who were gay would be stoned to death

And sinning adulterers 
Sneaking about the Brunei night
Feral alley cats they are, wouldn’t fare much better 
Fatal stones apparently in vast supply in Brunei…
plentiful as girl sex slaves

I suggested a more pacifist destination
Joe’s Diner downtown which fell flat as an american pancake
on a grease pit grill

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