MALAYSIAN HAIKU APRIL 13, 2003

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Haiku

bau

the gold

in the stench



bau

the unsavory

history behind the name





bau, a gold mining town, means fetid in malay. years back during colonial times, a war here saw  hundreds killed. the corpses festered under the sun leading locals to call the place bau.

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