Poesy plus Polemics

“Tiananmen Square” photo abstract by Pep Ventosa

I was there well before the massacre
watching kites soar their silent affront
to repression that glowed in Mao’s eyes

now the square bears a network of cracks
left behind by the weight of those tanks
undermining the communist state

new drama plays over those paving stones
stealth reengineers their ethical cant
with surprising aggression and speed

the kiteflyers no longer languid
chase capital fuel for igniting
new socialist market economy

entrepreneurs now own property rights
nearly free enterprise races beside
state run industries belching new vigor

Beijing is flush with our down dollar debt
while the Chairman observes from his perch
the demise of American reign