Fucking Sungai Petani

Austin Texas, chesnut trees

Wildflowers, bats and bruised knees

Then paddy fields and factories

In fucking Sungai Petani

Chinese school girls are quiet mean

Not hot like fire, hot like steam

The misfit English speaking team

Both pedestalised and demeaned

Taught to stay within your lane

Protection comes from being the same

To not trust anything foreign

But also to adore it

Not chain cafes and bustling malls

A second Starbucks standing tall

My hometown! People, hear my call

There was nothing wrong with you at all