Culture-Shock

I watched the Chinese man walking his dog

on one stick,

and I watched the Chinese man walking his dog

on four legs,

Asking me if my lips were painted red

because the Forbidden City claimed it would bring

'Good Luck and Happiness,'

and I said "No, but let's Paint the Town Red!"

Let's buy paintbrushes and subscriptions to superstitions,

Let's do anything to take our minds off of the Pacific Ocean--

Being both Phoenix and Dragon,

painting with pear-scented passion: on fire.

and I said "Put THAT in your fortune cookie!"

And he dragged himself by handshakes only,

screaming 

"VEGETARIANS DON'T EXIST IN CHINA, 

WHERE ARE MY LEGS?"

to anyone without sparklers starving 

for red, white, and s**t-eating blue 

bonzai-grown straight from their freedom-fried fertilized eye sockets.

We were Rorschach rarities and they all wanted our photos--

All they asked was that our hair was lighter than the limbless skeletons

we packed in the bags beneath our eyes

as we said "Carry-on, please."

...Carry on,

We try to.

(There is nothing easy about this.)

Our eyes are open,

That was all any of them wanted.

Author's Note

unfinished, rant, etc etc.

Reviews

[Ragin Cajun]

I liked it....When you going to finsh it?

[rt farris]

i sense this is a very smart poem. i've read four times and counting.

[Skin]

Finish it missy

By the way I like this

Regards Skin

[LUCIFER LUCIFER]

Finish it missy

By the way I like this

Regards Skin