Viva Goa


Empty bottles of rum.

Lepo thali

Viva Goa bar and restaurant 

- Brian Mendonca 

Empty bottles of rum
Like skulls on a shelf
Debate the meaning of life
while I savour my Lepo thali.
One gent hollers loudly 
making for the door
The other rotund and beaming
nurses his whiskey.
'Ghor bantta'; 'Kuwait halolo'
animate the conversation 
Blue-collared workers
arrange chairs at a table.
Villagers lounge 
in the placid afternoon 
On the road to Raia
'RICE PLATE AVAILABLE'.

(Viva Bar and Restaurant 
Raia road
12 March 2026)
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Pix by Brian Mendonca.

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