Ramakian Revisited: LOS Lyrics, #3

By Bangkok Byron

Was it that visit to the Grand Palace, the som-tam gung, or your Thai girl's pheromones? Whatever the cause, you are dreaming that you are in the middle of the Thai Ramakian epic – but can you help Pra Ram get his beloved Sita back from the giant Totsakan? Have a try in this puzzle poem.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bui Doi Books
• Release date: May 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224304714

Bangkok Byron

Bangkok Byron is famous (or should that be "infamous"?) for his numerous contributions to the Thailand forums. Bangkok Byron is, of course, a pen name (earned when he wrote his long narrative poem, Bangkok Don Juan, in the same verse form as Byron's Don Juan) to conceal his identity on account of his adventures (or should that be "misadventures"?) in the fleshpots of SE Asia.

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RAMAKIAN REVISITED

Was it that visit to the Grand Palace, the som-tam gung, or your Thai girl’s pheromones? Whatever the cause, you are dreaming that you are in the middle of the Thai Ramakian epic – but can you help Pra Ram get his beloved Sita back from the giant Totsakan?

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The Thai Ramakian epic poem (which is also the subject of the Grand Palace Murals) tells how Pra Ram’s wife, Sita, is abducted by the giant Totsakan. In the original version, the monkey god, Hanuman and his monkey soldiers, go to Totsakan’s palace on the island of Lanka, fight several battles and win her back. In this version, you the reader, have to do it all