Poem
Hey guys, could you read it and honestly tell me what you think? Please be honest cause flattery is gonna make me any better.
(and ro, it's ok that you had to leave, I kinda threw it at you, and I know ur out of town)
Taiwan
What of your dear deer herds?
the lush mountains you held so near?
And all that beauty so much I've heard?
Green, Purple
Rainforests thick
avec stealthed jaguars.
Dirt Beige,
Bamboo forests
graced delicate cranes.
Your Promise,
My inheritance?
Rice farmers, backs stressed.
Forlorn labor and Forlorn fruits.
You say 'see':
that Stolen fruits be our history,
those thieving foreigners still in glee.
But who are you, that my ancestors claim to be?
And who are you, the resident islanders of this sea?
Inconsistency! Sulfuric acid, lead and Mercury.
Inconsistency! Landslides, floods and radioactivity.
Inconsistency! Stolen Purses and cleavers flying deadly.
Inconsistent, Oh Inconsistency! Seven Eleven and IKEA.
Perhaps I'll give up and settle for Canada.
(and ro, it's ok that you had to leave, I kinda threw it at you, and I know ur out of town)
Taiwan
What of your dear deer herds?
the lush mountains you held so near?
And all that beauty so much I've heard?
Green, Purple
Rainforests thick
avec stealthed jaguars.
Dirt Beige,
Bamboo forests
graced delicate cranes.
Your Promise,
My inheritance?
Rice farmers, backs stressed.
Forlorn labor and Forlorn fruits.
You say 'see':
that Stolen fruits be our history,
those thieving foreigners still in glee.
But who are you, that my ancestors claim to be?
And who are you, the resident islanders of this sea?
Inconsistency! Sulfuric acid, lead and Mercury.
Inconsistency! Landslides, floods and radioactivity.
Inconsistency! Stolen Purses and cleavers flying deadly.
Inconsistent, Oh Inconsistency! Seven Eleven and IKEA.
Perhaps I'll give up and settle for Canada.