Laijon Liu 20140807
Dream is a white beam into dark space
01.
01.
grave stones know
our names
flames lust for our
body
grievance must get
on its journey
to fill this immense
universe
somewhere guitar
strings still vibrate
rippling piano keys
keep echoing
us and the past scatter
in dark
stars dust everywhere
02.
Yes, I do believe
fairytale
because it drives me
to climax
but please take off
your pilot sunglasses
when you are on top
of me
I want to see your
eyes
03.
I like to play
chess, do you?
Chinese chess pins
all its pieces
on the spots of
crossing lines,
Western chess let
each piece share
equal square of its
space.
04.
I know pain does not
kill me
I've learned to endure
and be numb
this vessel is
filled with germs and virus
but I look calm and
carry on
05.
Earth
used to be a sapphire jewel
But now
it’s just a speck on canvas
Cheap
labor, cheap material
Today, we
call it competitiveness
06.
Leeches, parasites
I despise them all
But I do respect them on one aspect:
They work in unity
07.
I think I still dream, do you?
Is my question too heavy on your heart?
I keep singing the old songs
"I want to change the world~"
"I want to change the world~"
my hands massage my dead crotch non-stop.
*Lyric adapt from "I'd love to change the world"
*Lyric adapt from "I'd love to change the world"
08.
it's sold as new, as all its product 'made'
like the truth we've been told everyday
we all know the meaning of fiction and non-fiction
but no one can tell the difference.
09.
People
are too serious about what they believe
like
Milky Way won’t collide with Andromeda
but I
believe poetry and liquor
both make
me loose and blurry
remind me this world is insensible
10.
atoms and
electrons combine
structured
hydrogen, oxygen and carbon
circling lights
pass thru a wormhole
become a
solitary mass:
cells,
sperms, eggs
chubby
cuddly babies, muscular heroic nude
caressed
by fingertips and raindrops
then
offered to a marble alter
eroding
wind softly sings
11.
mirror
reflects an image
pale wall
conveys meditation and imagination
icy snow
weighs down red roses
crows
hovering above well
12.
you’ve
never been bitten by a flamboyant snake
you’ve
never been mauled by a ferocious lion
as a
survivor I can tell you
I don’t
stereotype animals by their nature
but their
similar culture still creeps me out
13.
I assume
monkeys do not play tricks
they
don’t possess our skills
of making
a rope or start a fire
with all
our technologies and survival device
we’ve
built cities more than jungles
but why
we are still naked and afraid?
14.
they pay
you ice cream money but demand for a cake;
they pay
you minimum one time delivery fee
but you
must lift up a box for 500 times;
they ask
you to join their no-pay internship
so you
can gain more practical experience for future…
we all
know the names of their business:
global
corporations, small business and brothels.
15.
Ancient
Chinese wisdom were
Confucius
and Book of 300 Odes;
Modern
Chinese wisdom are
Art of War
and 36 Stratagems
That’s how
gentlemen become ravenous wolves
If I see wolves,
I know RUN! is the best choice.
16.
I often watch Charlie Rose
Interviews
A poet must learn the world
from business perspective
Successful corporal CEOs and
politicians in suit
take turn to propagate their ideas
and visions
Yadi yada, blah, blah…
Yeah, I see mosquitoes scanning for
a blood pool
and a bedbug climbing into
full moon
17.
Do you think cockroaches
consider themselves as cockroach?
They eat, swarm, mate, and
migrate like us, countless.
I sprayed them with 91%
Isopropyl
and they struggled and
crawled til dead on the stove
I think they can also feel pain
like we do
but they don’t bear debt,
tax,
and have no low wage and high
competition problems.
18.
Children of the world-
Ah-
Pull dolls sit and learn in
classrooms
Work force in mines and
factories
Strong and brave freedom
fighters
Human shields, prostitutes,
and refugees…
the list of their names goes on
Often I
wonder
maybe all
of the world problems
are
caused by bad parenting.
19.
I’m
running out of patience
I
couldn’t care less
about
building subtle verse or suspense
I’d
prefer a more direct approach
It exerts
more power
and saves
us time and energy.
America
20.
long
ivory elephant teeth
for
beautiful carving art pieces,
mythical
healing power
of rhino
horns and tiger bones,
curling,
bend up, twisted
shapes of
tortured living branches…
Ah, our tradition
is so primitive
I want to
wear a skull necklace
and pour
a bowl of infant blood
to call
back the visions:
the agonizing
call of an elephant calf,
and
marathon romance of gentle bulls.
21.
Business
for the cavemen
is to
exchange what they need;
Business
for corporal bosses
that they
trade for their greed.
you are
beautiful and bountiful!
you
fought away the British king,
but you
sill slave in a capitalist’s neck ring!
22.
You spend
2 days planning your Halloween costume
those
comic heroes or princess dresses in fairytales
You don’t
need to prepare a speech about yourself
just knock
on the door and say “trick-or-trade”
I wish
job interviews can be simple as that
4 year
college prepares you to speak as a field journalist
business
suit and leather shoes wrapped you like sardine can
and if
you were lucky, your wage could afford Walmart candies.
23.
I never skip career advice articles on the news media websites
The college degrees won't help you to land a job:
Fine Art
Philosophy
Poetry
Architecture
Archaeology
Film
The college degrees will help you to live easily:
Accounting
Business Management
Finance
Communication
Software Program
See kids, the future is designed for house slaves and robots.
24.
Billionaires, they are considered as successful people
often give graduation speech
respond young people letters with their career life advice
and act like saviors of our economy
so I pen down advice to billionaires:
1) Give a raise to all your employees,
they deserve fair payment.
2) Shut up giving advice to young people,
remember, you are a bad role model!
29
Can you get a good full night sleep nowadays?
Most of us can't, insomnia caused by stresses
past due bills, unpaid debts, project deadlines,
low income, rising prices, still looking for a job?
and other part world: rocket shots, bombs explode
corruptions, inflations, incursions, spread of infections...
TV news shows you some edited video highlights
and reports the numbers of dead; noise, death is part of living
I bet you want to move your family to a mountain
be a hermit, grow your own organic food, enjoy peace
but the property price and tax are pumped up so high
the global warning and gas corps drilling amok...
finally you somehow find a secluded jungle
become a good neighbor of monkeys
and you will hear them all day calling and fighting
for trees and branches, for fruits and mates
it's been that way since the beginning, for 30 million years
they just won't get along; oh! A good night sleep is luxury.
30.
Ecology: in Greek, a study of house;
in Chinese, a beautiful garden of balanced elements
mountains, rivers, streams and plants we maintain
so we can calculate seasons and winds in our heart
shoot some rabbits to keep the pasture green
drive away wolves to protect deer population
neuter pets, contraception, double condoms...
we've invented so many ways to control our numbers
But in these shark and whale infested waters
the primary consumers will never prosper.
23.
I never skip career advice articles on the news media websites
The college degrees won't help you to land a job:
Fine Art
Philosophy
Poetry
Architecture
Archaeology
Film
The college degrees will help you to live easily:
Accounting
Business Management
Finance
Communication
Software Program
See kids, the future is designed for house slaves and robots.
24.
Billionaires, they are considered as successful people
often give graduation speech
respond young people letters with their career life advice
and act like saviors of our economy
so I pen down advice to billionaires:
1) Give a raise to all your employees,
they deserve fair payment.
2) Shut up giving advice to young people,
remember, you are a bad role model!
25.
My new thoughts on poetry:
It begins with splash of powerful emotion
and distilled a few drops of meditation
finally arrives at serenity and
silence.
So poets do not die, they simply return to quietness.
26.
home to most people is a safe room
it shelters them from this chaotic
society
but some homes are dark torture
chambers
that showcase tragedy on stage every
night
abusive father and ignorant mom reign
their kids to play the usual victim
roles
altercations are their daily scripts
highlights of martial art fists and
kicks
so teenage kids run away from danger
hang out with friends in the street
corners
Mozart cannot overpower gangster rap
lessons under street lamp train boys to be a men
prison, deals gone bad, or shot by cop
news repeats itself in a same
storyline:
teenage kids out at night running,
running, running till dead by gunshots
no afterschool programs or night
classes to save them
nearby churches are closed, no place to hide
or to run.
*Children
are punished for their parents' irresponsibility
and
police's job is to apprehend criminal by force
only
teachers and social workers can save our kids
but
school and help sessions are M-F 9am-4pm.
27.
Racism dresses in all kind of skin
color
to protect its organs of fundamental
belief
ignorance, interests and profit
distribution
among those easily identified social
groups
deserted land of native, white trash
trailer park
laundry men in Chinatown, black kids
crossing street
they always walk ahead of us, block our
traffic
shape their class warfare into an ethnic
conflict
28.
Have you ever had following sensations
at workplace?
you bulge your eyes to swallow and
suffocate
you act calm and try not to moan, O
that bellyful ache!
you frown and endure that constant pain
in the ass
...
and there's a bulletin of dos and donts
hanging on the wall:
Don't ask for a proper recompense
Don't compare to other job places
Don't say: “Those Are Not My Job.”
...
that's how they run business model
today
turn employees to soldiers and sex
slaves
that's how we've all got that
thousand-yard stare.
29
Can you get a good full night sleep nowadays?
Most of us can't, insomnia caused by stresses
past due bills, unpaid debts, project deadlines,
low income, rising prices, still looking for a job?
and other part world: rocket shots, bombs explode
corruptions, inflations, incursions, spread of infections...
TV news shows you some edited video highlights
and reports the numbers of dead; noise, death is part of living
I bet you want to move your family to a mountain
be a hermit, grow your own organic food, enjoy peace
but the property price and tax are pumped up so high
the global warning and gas corps drilling amok...
finally you somehow find a secluded jungle
become a good neighbor of monkeys
and you will hear them all day calling and fighting
for trees and branches, for fruits and mates
it's been that way since the beginning, for 30 million years
they just won't get along; oh! A good night sleep is luxury.
30.
Ecology: in Greek, a study of house;
in Chinese, a beautiful garden of balanced elements
mountains, rivers, streams and plants we maintain
so we can calculate seasons and winds in our heart
shoot some rabbits to keep the pasture green
drive away wolves to protect deer population
neuter pets, contraception, double condoms...
we've invented so many ways to control our numbers
But in these shark and whale infested waters
the primary consumers will never prosper.
31.
longing, yearning, uncontrollable urges
we are so addicted and attached to
illusions
current living, to a few is a slow torturing death
so poets say suicide is art; many
forage like stray dogs
cigarette, steak, scotch, shape of
women's ass
young men glide their floating years in
white bubbles
scientists staring into telescope and
microscope
like our kids glue their eyes to video
game tv screens
new release of brand name gadgets and
social apps
wired our heads, so we all prisoners
of our own device
love for poetry screwed my career and wallet
O Soccer! My fractured tendons never
heal
money, power, nation pride and
religious superiority
vain values are so realistic that drive
us like demons
they force us to chant, to behead, to
be martyrs...
humanity is a herd of howling pigs running off cliffs.
32.
Song of White Bones
I am one and many
I supported you and Earth
our affair is but a moment
before I lie with the soil
My bleached body
tested by iron and fire
scatters mysteries of the past,
floating sand rubs my ribs
grass sprouts out of my skull
and streams bathe my spine
O, be gentle, you combat boots
do not crush my memories
32.
Song of White Bones
I am one and many
I supported you and Earth
our affair is but a moment
before I lie with the soil
My bleached body
tested by iron and fire
scatters mysteries of the past,
floating sand rubs my ribs
grass sprouts out of my skull
and streams bathe my spine
O, be gentle, you combat boots
do not crush my memories
33.
Law of Nature
Lions rule buffaloes
tigers prey on deer
wolves kill sheep
eagles catch cranes
the world is constructed by
rulers and commons
masters and servants
kings and their slaves
emperors and their royals
are beneficiaries of kingdoms
voted presidents and senators
are servants of our real rulers
truth is eternal, value eternal
only name and label change
only one clue leads to Minotaur and
exit:
Follow the money.
34.
Vantage Points
At night,
a man walks his dog in Capitol Hill Folger Park.
He tosses a tennis ball,
his dog chases, nibs it
and runs back to him wagging its tail.
He says: “Good Dog!”
and takes the ball, tosses it again.
After a few rounds,
he feeds his dog a piece of beef jerky and continues.
Men own dogs for many reasons
friendship, loyalty, fun gaming
or hunting ability of their legs and teeth;
but dogs see all our tasks as collaboration.
35.
Dream is a word gets you there
dream is a word draws us here
but you know sometimes
that words have two, many meanings
you see a sign on the wall
and its glitters all in gold
but once you've climbed the unending stairway
you'll see the heaven door is closed
misgiven thoughts, two pathways intertwined
one leads to a dense fog, another to a lifeless pond
fish float in bubbles, toads blow pink smoke
I can only stare and wonder, ponder and laugh
Oh, I so want to be a soldier
fighting like you, like all of us
been fighting for so long
feel that moment of thrill
let go that sudden rush
capture trophies, tripods and young maids...
quit holding my small dick
watching the porn queen gets fucked.
34.
Vantage Points
At night,
a man walks his dog in Capitol Hill Folger Park.
He tosses a tennis ball,
his dog chases, nibs it
and runs back to him wagging its tail.
He says: “Good Dog!”
and takes the ball, tosses it again.
After a few rounds,
he feeds his dog a piece of beef jerky and continues.
Men own dogs for many reasons
friendship, loyalty, fun gaming
or hunting ability of their legs and teeth;
but dogs see all our tasks as collaboration.
35.
Dream is a word gets you there
dream is a word draws us here
but you know sometimes
that words have two, many meanings
you see a sign on the wall
and its glitters all in gold
but once you've climbed the unending stairway
you'll see the heaven door is closed
misgiven thoughts, two pathways intertwined
one leads to a dense fog, another to a lifeless pond
fish float in bubbles, toads blow pink smoke
I can only stare and wonder, ponder and laugh
Oh, I so want to be a soldier
fighting like you, like all of us
been fighting for so long
feel that moment of thrill
let go that sudden rush
capture trophies, tripods and young maids...
quit holding my small dick
watching the porn queen gets fucked.
*Dream is the most powerful brand name
Word ever in every human culture, it contains most magical magnetic property in its meaning, it foretells dynasty and individual's fate
in past, and leads young men to sacrifice their life and gets young
women to lie in our bed. It gives us hope, satisfies our undying
desire, redefines mundane illusions to concrete beliefs, and transcends our life value beyond all human sufferings. Beware of Dreams; Beware to Dream.
36.
Soldier, yes, we all are
if we love or dream...
if we hate or believe...
then we all fight 'good' fight of our
faith
Our ancestors fashion spears and knives
now we've developed nukes and drones
chimps in African jungles still kill in
raids
first law of evolution: survive the fittest
if we men want to live, then we must
fight
“Love, Peace & Share” Jesus
sounds like hippies
history shaped by wars, boarders drawn by
swords
corpses in dirt, young men can't wait
to die
we fight for our country, religion, and
land
we fight for our tradition, language, and system
soldiers in multitude so bravely march and vanished
yet so few willing to fight for their
rights:
[Right of Prosperity and Right of Happiness]
37.
Legacy
Kings pass down their kingdom and reign
Rich leave their children wealth and
choices
Priests bless their sons with holy book
Moms share their love tales with their
daughters
what poor commons pass down to their
children?
Poverty, struggle, maybe a far away
hope or faith?
My father was born of a poor household
China commies brainwashed their mind
so he quit his school, became a
child-worker
a child-farmer, a beach forager, a
potato picker
he has nothing but dreams and battle
stories
So I've decided, I pass down to my children
nothing
38.
massive blocks of chicken cage shelves
countless frightened popping eye balls
endless rolls of bird-heads up and down
meat cut in chunks, wrapped in plastic
bags
pigs rolling in mud, their body parts
entangled
comforting, like how we hold each other sleep
hundred thousands orgy hippies lie on a
pasture
they were drunk, stoned and hopeful
I guess everything is industrialized now
old countryside farms become
factories
we shoot up, and mix meds with science
no drama or philosophy, only life thru production
39.
cruelty and ignorance parade hand in
hand
I'm not talking about suicide bomb and
beheading
I'm talking about people who stuff
animal in cages
live-skin dogs and boil live pussycats
people who survive on scrabbling trash
piles
believe their babies are gifts from
God...
those brain disease are difficult to
treat.
40.
when light bounces off a surface
an image shown in our mind's eye
our perspective organ distributes
so each object receives its property
Diamonds, gold studs and black crystals
products are tagged with market price
their difference is never skin-deep
their colors are either rich or poor
41.
everything we do changes us
bits and bytes of our deeds and
thoughts
little by little we endure
and endure more
little by little we gain or let go
little by little we become cold and
numb
or keep fanning that small fire pit
til we accept reality
or bring on suicidal act
to live is a slow inescapable painful
process
but I still believe we can choose
Decay or Distill
42.
most people can climb Mount Everest and
safely return
if they willing to wear a 40lb weight
vest for half year.
The cost is $50,000 for guides, Sherpas
and base camps
the summit rate is 30%, and fatality
rate is 5%
it's easy to prepare physical condition
and mental toughness
because they never have to pay up
$40,000 every year
to memorize calculus formulas,
periodical charts, cram books
every week, and washing 6 hour dish
every night for 6 years
climb Mt Everest is a teamwork with
plenty oxygen bottles
to graduate college is a mental and physical self-torture
on that icy slippery pathway they
desperately hold on a rope
they may die by fall, or the cold wind
makes them numb
or they can drag their heavy corpse,
try to resuscitate it
night after night till their lungs take
a deep breath again
who knows how long they must strive to
return with all 10 fingers,
the drop out rate is way staggering
compare to summit rate.
43.
Political Reality
Two bold bald heads quarrel on the Idol
Stage
one is a bad liar
another good at lie
they are sponsored by one donor;
Tweedledum and Tweedledee :D
they sing their battle hymns
one trumpets [Pro-Life]
another brays [Pro-Choice]
and the poor faithfuls can only vote to Pro-
but gain Nothing Else :-(
I'm Pro-Both, Aren't You?
I want to be a real Citizen, not Slave
I don't want to suffer and be broke,
and been lied to all my life,
You think our wish can come true?
My mom tells me to endure
“Son, you must accept Fate.”
My father tells me to Strive
“Only harsh life survives harsh
land.”
yeah, like I would skip a lottery
chance.
* real citizens have life&choice, slaves no matter what they do don't.
44.
Thoughts on James Bond
He is a handsome man with self-taught kungfu
an orange life buoy or a red parachute
when the world order is at grim stake
he in his tailor-made suit pops out from nowhere
he wears a burgundy polka dots bow-tie
by the dealer table counting aces and queens
hot babes in party gowns sitting on the bar stools
stirring their cups with straw, expecting him
his reticent killing charm, deadly serious
multi-language reader, not good at British humor
he rules rough men with his effeminate handgun
conquers ladies all over the world with his nibbling kiss
O, romance with intensity, he has invented and perfected
turning spy women to purring pussycats at night
without any effort or deep meaningful conversation
and by daybreak, not a hair trace on that empty bed
London, Paris, Venice, Berlin, New York, Moscow...
all there famous cities are his living rooms
he combs the streets, pictures every corner and rooftop
past operations interweave new acquaintances
He seems never run out of money, never pay by cash
load of high tech gadgets and that Astin Martin car
he is probably an 1%er, or MI6 needs corruption hearing
yet no one beats his exit plan and disappearing act
he's been touring around the world for 60 years
gathering intelligence, fighting evil governments
but the world aint get any better, could be worse, skyfall
Soviet still gasping, China a rogue state, rich & poor gaps
is he still hopeful and certain for the great cause?
or he just needs this job to make himself feel great?
does his free government still serve its people?
or he don't give a damn about his martini shaken or stirred.
45.
sing a song for our Mustang car
a fine stallion in its shape and name
tune that radio from rock to rap
O, our sweet home on a broad road
sing a song for our Mustang car
American model of young and pride
from HS years to old man's garage
O, our sweet memories and pastime
sing a song for our Mustang car
it's an awesome gift from dad to son
the check engine light is on now
and we change the oil filter, drive on
* real citizens have life&choice, slaves no matter what they do don't.
44.
Thoughts on James Bond
He is a handsome man with self-taught kungfu
an orange life buoy or a red parachute
when the world order is at grim stake
he in his tailor-made suit pops out from nowhere
he wears a burgundy polka dots bow-tie
by the dealer table counting aces and queens
hot babes in party gowns sitting on the bar stools
stirring their cups with straw, expecting him
his reticent killing charm, deadly serious
multi-language reader, not good at British humor
he rules rough men with his effeminate handgun
conquers ladies all over the world with his nibbling kiss
O, romance with intensity, he has invented and perfected
turning spy women to purring pussycats at night
without any effort or deep meaningful conversation
and by daybreak, not a hair trace on that empty bed
London, Paris, Venice, Berlin, New York, Moscow...
all there famous cities are his living rooms
he combs the streets, pictures every corner and rooftop
past operations interweave new acquaintances
He seems never run out of money, never pay by cash
load of high tech gadgets and that Astin Martin car
he is probably an 1%er, or MI6 needs corruption hearing
yet no one beats his exit plan and disappearing act
he's been touring around the world for 60 years
gathering intelligence, fighting evil governments
but the world aint get any better, could be worse, skyfall
Soviet still gasping, China a rogue state, rich & poor gaps
is he still hopeful and certain for the great cause?
or he just needs this job to make himself feel great?
does his free government still serve its people?
or he don't give a damn about his martini shaken or stirred.
45.
sing a song for our Mustang car
a fine stallion in its shape and name
tune that radio from rock to rap
O, our sweet home on a broad road
sing a song for our Mustang car
American model of young and pride
from HS years to old man's garage
O, our sweet memories and pastime
sing a song for our Mustang car
it's an awesome gift from dad to son
the check engine light is on now
and we change the oil filter, drive on
46.
It's year 2014 on planet Earth.
a gallon of milk costs $3.99
a dozen of cage-free chicken eggs cost $4.99
potato 59c/lb, onion 69c/lb, apple
$1.29/lb
US Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr
how much is your monthly rent fee
and annual car maintenance cost?
The American unemployment rate is 7%
and 27% population need Federal food
aid
they get to feed themselves and their
kids
but they can't afford a house or go
anywhere
after long hours of daily work, they
stand
in long lines of food stamp registers,
and above them,
an all-seeing eye of gold pyramid is
watching.
47.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Governments are built by people
people are constructed by culture
their dwelling place are their mirror;
there are beautiful places and badlands,
walled empires, and democratic-transparent states.
*Hitler was a passionate leader, art-seeking patriot
idealistic, man of his word, self-sacrificial,
but he waged wars and built gas chambers;
Stalin was Allies, he won WW2, drunk himself to death;
Mao was visited by Nixon, his corpse decorated like a savior.
And most politicians are grass standing in winds
they swing left, right, they bend forward, backward...
whatever people want them to say and act, to remain on top.
Violence is beauty
when the weak takes out the strong
Jing Ke scratched the First Emperor's neck
little David cut off giant Goliath's head
small town underdog beats up maestros
it's miracle defeats logic and mathematics
Violence is curse
when the high ranks prey on the lowly
rhinos at workplace, dictators on stage,
police brutality, domestic abuse, animal cruelty
A head of the pride dominates his pack
till he's subdued, then acts like a wounded animal
47.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Governments are built by people
people are constructed by culture
their dwelling place are their mirror;
there are beautiful places and badlands,
walled empires, and democratic-transparent states.
*Hitler was a passionate leader, art-seeking patriot
idealistic, man of his word, self-sacrificial,
but he waged wars and built gas chambers;
Stalin was Allies, he won WW2, drunk himself to death;
Mao was visited by Nixon, his corpse decorated like a savior.
And most politicians are grass standing in winds
they swing left, right, they bend forward, backward...
whatever people want them to say and act, to remain on top.
*if massacre is an Olympic sport,
Mao wins gold, Stalin silver, Hitler
bronze.
Violence is beauty
when the weak takes out the strong
Jing Ke scratched the First Emperor's neck
little David cut off giant Goliath's head
small town underdog beats up maestros
it's miracle defeats logic and mathematics
Violence is curse
when the high ranks prey on the lowly
rhinos at workplace, dictators on stage,
police brutality, domestic abuse, animal cruelty
A head of the pride dominates his pack
till he's subdued, then acts like a wounded animal
there're baskets of fruit with only a
few rotten
there're baskets of rotten fruit with a
few good
babies down in manure pits, kittens
float in sewers
dinosaurs flaunt their bicep in muscle
competition
beauty pageants, people uphold shame as pride
while I watch these theatrical content
in 3D sunglasses
large hot tears well out my wrinkled slant eyes.
48.
living is process of forgetting, so is
dying.
billion forms of flu virus mutate and
replaced
million rolls of office cubicles
entrenched us
vehicle headlights stream thru cities
arteries
days, nights, seasons, ever restless
we sleep, and refresh our dream in
dawn-light
childhood only stay on glossy paper
and screens
and a few highlights concealed by
present stress
we stopped to wonder about our future
we can't fully recall the details of
our past
routine, pale, sinking, solidity,
passing...
only love by our side reminds us existence
49.
Love is addictive, grief is radioactive
down off a dusty tunnel stairs
behind an ancient tombstone
a rusty tool box locked a shabby doll
children are singing their folk rhyme
pirates are guzzling their sweet rum
“Chase the wind, and ride the waves,
on the rocky reef sits a capsized boat.”
a mermaid rises from the deep blue
she glides under the hollow wreckage
and decorates it as her dream home
crescent moon, sapphire waves, her songs.
God and the laws are properties
In the far east Middle Kingdom
Liberty is a billionaire's gold wallet
49.
Love is addictive, grief is radioactive
down off a dusty tunnel stairs
behind an ancient tombstone
a rusty tool box locked a shabby doll
children are singing their folk rhyme
pirates are guzzling their sweet rum
“Chase the wind, and ride the waves,
on the rocky reef sits a capsized boat.”
a mermaid rises from the deep blue
she glides under the hollow wreckage
and decorates it as her dream home
crescent moon, sapphire waves, her songs.
50.
Capitalism kills Earth (at 3 levels)
God and the laws are properties
heavily guarded with AK-47s
women, oil drills and children too
ready to be discharged like cartridge
-Primitive Level
In the far east Middle Kingdom
a hundred men speak for one billion
labors, soldiers under communist rule
an asset management gone extreme
-Developing Level
Liberty is a billionaire's gold wallet
that pockets scientists and politicians
and shapes his interests into truth
drain the coal mines, and harvest the Sun!
-Top Advanced Level
51.
Realities of Life
Birth, Aging, Sickness, and Death
Buddha frowns and meditates
Hunger, Labor, Pangs, and Despair
Mankind bow down and plow
Prime, Hope, Love, and Struggle
Flowers short-bloom in their seasons
Peace, Chaos, Memory, and Uncertainty
Dandelions scatter and drift in winds
If you've truly grounded in realities
then You know Buddha lived an easy life
51.
Themis
stands behind her butcher block
blindfolded
with a cleaver in her right hand
and a weighing scale by her left
she cuts her customers a fair share
according to their rhetoric speech
52.
Racism
Our eye distinguishes Black-and-White;
Our mind loves Rich and fears Poor.
52.
Racism
Our eye distinguishes Black-and-White;
Our mind loves Rich and fears Poor.
