Tu Fu the year 753
he's still laughing
at the chickenshit
the political intrigue
institutions and norms
he took my hand once
and got us lost
in a department store
and another time
on a lone highway
a patrolman asked us
strange questions
poetry and torment
strange birds and insects
where are you going
the end of the world
you passed it
ah 'poetry and torment', the end of the world! Love all those words Rob!
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DeleteCheers, James
A stand-up bit
(Try the voices)
ReplyDeletea piece of mine in Jacket a few years ago ---
on immortality
after Ruan Ji
six dragons
in a cloud car
done for speeding
overcrowding
the driver was over
the elixir limit
sentenced to even more immortality
all the culprits could say was
“we just wanted to get away”