Thru Wormhole Into Blackhole

Thru Wormhole Into Blackhole
Laijon Liu 20140807

Dream is a white beam into dark space

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~"

my hands massage my dead crotch non-stop.

*Lyric adapt from "I'd love to change the world"

08.

China is a refurbished vase in fresh paint

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.

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.

America, you land of free

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!

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

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.

*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

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.

*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.

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.