Joker 3
Laijon Liu 20231107
When the pillars crumble and the world burns
we shuffle the cards and level the playing field
all our bottled up emotions suffocates in a dead silence
since men invented their law and order and hope
whose world we live in? whose dream we dream?
who makes the rules we follow, who benefits from it?
who decides who gets what and the merits he has?
and the common always hope for the reality of a few
that system of clockwork now hooked to a detonator
you've all have been staring at that big red [PUSH] button
sanity arrow points to the food line now pointing to the playground
crank up the volume, light up the gloomy air
for your desperation, your vengeance, and for Gotham
take to the streets! and let the Violennnnce beginnnnn!!!
Note:
Joker 1,2,3 poems originally was one, I broke them into 3 pieces. I have been holding back to write down these lines since 2020 after I watched the Joker film. Trump's tone, his diction and his Jan 6th operation definitely cast a big backdrop of my Joker poems. 3 poems draws a complete case of the Joker and people will see from his perspective, he thinks himself a truly great guy, he's just unorthodox of his way, the Gotham elites really made all the real problems of the cities, so a lot of people have no choice but to do night works/crimes. the Joker's viewpoints pretty convincing, mob's head become leader of nation, and his mob become elites. is that how Rome ended? :)
last line is pretty funny, based on the root of American culture, let the show begin, when the circus is coming to town, and we go to town, or people go to the big apple for Broadway show and other entertainment, the iconic Micheal Buffer's boxing intro "Get ready to rumbLLLLLe!" and ufc ref tell the two fighters to "fight!" and the people going nuts same as hockey fans. Imagine the soccer ref yells out "Let the violence begin!" that's one selling point to draw the crowd.
There is one question always hits me: Why Gotham always overrun by crimes? logically analyze the state of high crime rate is caused by bad economy and bad economy is caused by corruption, if corruption happens in both market and government sectors then the cultures changes, women turn to streets or online fan sites for money, men turn to high risk jobs, and kids learn petty crimes all in a cycle. then Batman's family business and his role fighting street crimes at night sorts of a guardian of the corrupted elite class. maybe Americans and Europeans don't understand, but if they grew up in China or Russia, they could see another deep layer of that society. extreme capitalism or resource grab is corruption.
Joker 1: his honest attitude about his face paint and his true defect he's hiding. Antisocial.
Joker 2: Anti-Establishment.
Joker 3: his desperate measure to save the people and Gotham by carrying out necessary violence.
