Merry Go Round

Merry Go Round

Laijon Liu 20190215

merry go round, merry go round

mommy stood by the ticket entrance

daddy stood with me on the platform

that scene has to be forty years ago

merry go round, merry go round

kids rushed onto the platform

they climbed onto the horses,

cars, tanks, planes, and spaceship

there was no seat I could find

there was nothing we could find

the merry music was playing

the platform was rotating

one loop I saw mommy was watching

another loop mommy saw me watching

merry go round, merry go round

me and daddy still looking around

that scene keeps popping on my mind

then and now, goes round and round

mom is on the other side of the globe

and dad is on the another side now

and I am alone at this side, my side

merry go round, merry go round

it goes round like a bad dream

it goes round like an curse never ends

that little sad boy, oh, a poor old dude

just go round, just go round

his mommy still watching

and his daddy still standing

Manhattan Money

Manhattan Money

Laijon Liu 20190212

You pay Manhattan price

but you don't make Manhattan money

You wanna sip Starbucks coffee

but you count your dollars and changes

This fucking city is too big

it swallows you, you become traceless

It don't matter how long you've stayed

or how deeply you've loved her

She won't give a fuck about you

she wouldn't even see you as a customer

Countless concrete blocks you've carried

in midtown, downtown, this or that town

sweating and on your all fours

you just stop counting the length of cables

when the wood plank doors shut

you drag out your body and dust, like you've survived

but this city does love you

you are intimate with her the hardcore ways

by each brick and pipe you cuddle

and her metallic rough edges make you bleed

you suck the blood on your fingers

so you get a taste of her again, for a cheap price

you make sidewalk your cafeteria

and chewing 2 slice $1 pizza

you smile at the pretty things walking by

they in and out of nearby glass buildings

they don't even look at you, you undeserving

low-class, minimum wage, loading dock people.

The Grey Wolf

The Grey Wolf

Laijon Liu 20190210

the grey wolf has been tailing a sheep flock for sometime

it seems the grey wolf has been tailing the sheep flock forever

downwind, a shifting triangle shadow

a pair golden glowing eyes, the fangs

the grey wolf on the hilltop, in the ravine

eying the grass grazing flock

often the grey wolf disguises itself

in a fine white sheep wool coat

the grey wolf lowers its head, slowly, silently crawls

its sharp paws gently brush the grass blades

soundlessly rest on the dry crunchy leaves

its dagger glowing eyes eying the fattest sheep

a sudden burst, a shot of javelin throw, it lunges

onto its fattest prize, that even bigger than its size

Poof! The fat sheep's coat flattens on the ground

the grey wolf lies like a mouse, under a huge paw.

牧羊犬

Laijon Liu 20190210

我是牧人的牧羊犬

我保护牧人的羊

广阔的草原上

我找回迷失的羔羊

我白日飞奔驱驰

我夜晚时时警醒

我是牧人的牧羊犬

我生来就捕杀恶狼

我是主人的好助手

我能认出披着羊皮的狼

哪里有主人的羊群

哪里就有我的犬牙和利爪

主在我宿敌前摆下宴席

我在主人的篝火边分吃狼