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We, They

We, we come, we see, we conquer, while
They, they never seek territorial expansion

           We eat meat with forks and knives
           They chew grass at bamboo sticks

We believe in God and obey the law
They practice Confucianism and follow their superman

           We discover nuclear energy to make great bombs
           They invented gunpowder to celebrate festivals

We punch others with hard fists
They dance around us with taichi gestures

           Our men fuck around everywhere outside our households
           Their women lay babies right in our living rooms

We colonize every city with an English syntax
They decorate each street with Chinese signboards

           We deploy aircraft carriers near their waters and coasts
           They marry girls to our princes and paupers

We enjoy setting fires and blowing winds along their long walls
They have Chinese stomachs to digest all insults and injuries

           We try every dirty way to overthrow their government
           They sell every clean artifact to help our citizens survive

We borrow money from them to build more weapons
They toil to make more money for our banks

Them
Us

  Changming Yuan