My suburban centre
Small as it is
Has a strange ethnic imbalance
Here on the verge
of an outlying Chinatown:
Three Thai, one each of Nepalese, Indonesian.
Korean and Japanese shuttered now.
Two Chinese BBQ chickens selling nothing Chinese
Vietnamese bread
Vietnamese nails and feet
Asian hair-stylers two
and two Chinese greengrocers,
four Chinese 'zhongyi' or 'tuina' shops
plus two random goods shops one large one small.
A pub and a club and
Estate agents galore,
Miscellaneous shops that come and go.
Papered windows sad stories.