Thursday, March 22, 2007

KATHMANDU



for haisanlu


I dreamed I saw the Spirit of Mao
Rising from the marble mausoleum
"Where you going and watcha gonna do?"
I asked as he went by
"I once set out for Anyuan," he said,
"Now I’m setting out for Kathmandu."

Youthful grace shone from the face
Of the Spirit of Mao Zedong
"Why are you going, can this be true?"
I asked the red, red sun
"The reason I went to Ruijin," he said,
"Is why I’m going to Kathmandu."

A cloud whisked him off ten thousand li
Across the land he loved
"You’re up so high, how is the view?"
I asked and the ether replied
"Just as good as from Jinganshan," he said,
"And just as good as from Kathmandu."

There’s rich again in China
Corruption stalks the land
"I’m going to see what Prachanda can do,"
The solemn voice went on
"I’m going to retrieve the spirit of Yan’an
And bring it back from Kathmandu.
I’ll be coming back from Kathmandu!"

4 comments:

haisanlu said...

All we have left is our hearts and minds - but I saw Mao in your poem as alive as you or me !

PTCruiser said...

Beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Theory of genius :great men of history or masses making history?

Revolutionary romanticism can be good. As art that serves the peoples needs.

To go to Anyuan was to go to organise the workers for revolution
To go to rujiian was to fight for a correct line for revolution.
And Chinkangshang was hardly to admire the view.

Does the spirit of the monkey king reverse the direction of his travels and life experience gained .


To seek out the “spirit of yenan” in Kathmandu on the parliamentary road ?
I am going to see what prachanda can do.

And bring this spirit back to China.

Would Mao be concerned (red/green eye disease) that


‘There’s rich again in China
Corruption stalks the land”

Without pointing out and explaining the contradiction as Marx did, that necessarily, the rich create the poor and the poor create the rich.
The one side cannot exist without the other.
To resolve that contradiction revolution is necessary.

Q.

What side of that contradiction would Mao
‘solemn voice” put the emphasise on?

Anonymous said...

Theory of genius great men of history or masses making history?

Revolutionary romanticism can be good art that serves the peoples needs.

To go to Anyuan was to go to organise the workers for revolution

To go to rujiian was to fight for a correct line for revolution.

And Chinkangshang was hardly to admire the view.

Does the spirit of the monkey king reverse the direction of his travels and experiance gained?

To seek out the “spirit of yenan” in Kathmandu on the parliamentary road ?

I am going to see what prachanda can do.

And bring this spirit back to China.

Would Mao be concerned (red/green eye disease) that


‘There’s rich again in China
Corruption stalks the land”

Without pointing out and explaining the contradiction as Marx did, that necessarily, the rich create the poor and the poor create the rich.
The one side cannot exist without the other.

Q.

What side of that contradiction would Mao
‘solemn voice” put the emphasise on?