ODE TO MAO

by Loren Goodman

 

Mao Tse Tung parted

His hair to the East


He currently resides

in Yorba Linda


I don’t think that

Really gives me enough


To write about, so I’ll

Change the subject: dots


I like dots, they’re sometimes

So small you almost forget

They’re round; there comes

A point when something gets

So small its roundness dwindles

Into itself


MADE IN CHINA




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