dark side of the moon #6

The money in the box seems very little. For someone who has given much.

photo by robenmarie at morguefile


dark side of the moon #6


He is holding the erhu like an uneasy stick insect.
He knows there is not much cash in the old shoe box.
He wonders if he is going to go hungry again tonight.

He is having a reunion dinner with his old parents again.
Zhaojun, my Beauty, you turn your head and look at me!
A wide smile forms on his lips, not seen in many days.

The police are alerted to an old, still busker at the station.



original longish poem : 23/07/2019
revised to a sevenling : 14/10/2020
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Notes :
* erhu                  :  a two-stringed bowed musical instrument.
* Wang Zhaojun   :  one of the 4 Great Beauties of China.

* The original poem is very much longer. Changing it to a sevenling form condenses it to a more manageable, compact format with the imagery taking on a more enigmatic hue.

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"one shoe in the corner
standing upright
the other laying on its
side.

yes, some lives were made to be
wasted."

-- Charles Bukowski, it was just a little while ago

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