Just got back from the Dalian beer festival,
Xu Zhiyong was arrested,
The piss ran in streams from the urinals,
And not a soul protested,
Here we are in the land of the dragons,
Xu Zhiyong was arrested,
Maybe Hu’s words got lost in the Jargon,
Cause not a soul protested,
The rule of law, The rule of law,
The rush of feet is all we saw
辽B Two-Step
Is this a ‘sonnet’? And who’s Xu Zhiyong?
@ the above poster:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2009/07/where-is-xu-zhiyong.html
how poetic.
…Maybe Hu’s words got lost in the Jargon,
Cause not a soul protested,
The rule of law, The rule of law,
Everyone’s inebriated
The rush of feet is all we saw
I got pretty constipated
All at the Dalian Beer Festival
There I finished it for you.
@Gabriel: Beauty.
@Charlie: Great link.
Actually, people have started to “send a postcard” to Xu Zhiyong.
Here is a link with the details,
http://www.bullogger.com/blogs/yangzhizhu/archives/311294.aspx
Though you will need “climbing over the great wall” to see it.
Good one, and sad too.
It looks like lyrics for a song rather than a poem.
More people should do songs (or posts) about Xu.