November 29, 1995

You looked so sad, so scared, mouth open in a silent half scream in that
picture your town, right then,
gave to (whispering, they'd kill us if they knew we kept it) us.

You were wearing the same orange shirt when
the Lamas found you, prostrating themselves
as if before a king.
Were you, a farmer's son, suprised (you had me fooled), or did
you know all along that this was to be?

Leading a normal (he's a prisoner in
his own destiny),
happy life, said China. But they never produced you.
Bush said his weapons of mass
destruction were (was) volatile, and had to be found,
they claim you're docile and happy and cannot be.
Do either exist? Hopefully one will
explode
onto our radars.

Romeo yelled at the stars, but never really defied them.
He died in the end, anyway.

Leo acted, there, with his heart and soul (and lost
brain fluid spattering all over his sweetheart
in the process), it seems,
but never applied either to crisises overseas.
Angelina and George did, but they conviently
forgot Tibet.

doesn't everyone?

Taiwan pulled a Tina and survived
but instead of being beaten by their husband, they had to
fight off a giant like David did [much more the formidable foe, though not as coked-out]
It worked for them both, but
Taiwan modernized,
Baz Luhrman's score playing in the background.
And Ike took out his pent-up aggression by
pistol-whipping Tibet.

Did you know that you can get from Beijing to Lhasa in 15 hours?
That's twice as much time than it takes to
bleed out from your eye sockets
and 9 hours longer than it takes, when confronted with the situation, to
realize you're going to die
and the Panchen Lama light will
go out with you.
-17 Feb 07