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WHO: a Mega Story
W
pecking around a lion
only the little chick
knows the word's worth
as it writes the worlds' story
with its feet printed on the ground
rather than on a papyrus
B
inspired by a fence in hell
you were invented long ago
to connect every human
for a tall ladder of hope
that we can stand high
against the blue horizon
like the Babel Tower growing to reach Him
where I can find a home in the fame hall
where I can settle my soul in heaven
O
a rope loop propped up with hope
to lasso words running amuck, or
a mouth reshaped, repositioned
to pronounce the roundest vowel
Changming Yuan
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Weakened Weekend
Saturday
Fever. Discotheques. Beers. Marijuana
Sweets. Cartoons. Volunteers. Prayers
Bathes. Gun shots. Private purple meetings
Vampires. Elections. Rest. Clubs. Restaurants
Theatres. Picnics. Football. Basketball
Billy Crystal. Howard. Cosell. Contests
Lady of Fatima. Garden work. Saturn
Hiking. Long sleep. Dinner party
The best and the worst of the week:
Nothing. Everything. Nobody
Everybody under Loki’s influence
Venture. Venture. Venture, as they
Sing, Bobo Waro Fero Satodeh
Sunday
The first, and the last
Of the week. The day
Of God, of man
We all take today off
For a good rest of our bodies
To work better for the good
Of our souls, or rather
The other way around
Changming Yuan__
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Expecting
Summer has already exited
Yet the cloud is not showing up
Except this tree, standing alone
As if waiting for Godot
Changming Yuan__
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Longing
The very idea of you
Tangoing afar
As in an entanglement
With that of me
Beating tranquility
Of two rainbow-like hearts
Hung in the sky, crying aloud
In one and the same muted voice:
I miss you
Changming Yuan__
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Messaging
Forward this message
So that someday
It might reach
Another universe
Though in this valley where messages flood
Rivers overflow
Beyond both banks
The text is changing
Colonizing or being colonized
Is more of a new syntax
Changming Yuan__
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