Zhentou (The Chinese Pillow)
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Zhentou (the Chinese Pillow) I wrote about one year ago while visiting the City of Tonghua in Jilin Province. I purchased this precious pillow from a peddler along the main road of the City. I was very much enticed with the beauty and stature of the pillow. According to the peddler, the pillow is about 200 years old.
Zhentou
I’m a plain tool
Created by my masters hand
He crafted me
From a ball of clay.
With great care and skill
He arranged my stature.
He shove me in an oven
blistering like netherworld.
Pressure unbearable,
Until he took me out to sear.
I waited for some time
Until he took me once again.
Naked I was all around,
No beauty to be seen.
My master took the brush
And with great care
He clothed me
With a delightful panorama scene.
Colors beautiful and bright.
Blue, green, red and yellow
Where his great delight.
I felt so gay and wonderful,
The happiest pillow
In the entire world.
Time passed by
I had to wait.
Until one morning fine
My master took me one last time,
Wrapped me in a cloth
I beheld my master
No more
He traded me for a silver coin.
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Very nice looking pillow
Very nice looking pillow
ok driver, pull over. 2nd
ok driver, pull over.
2nd stanza ,line 1. did you mean 'shoved'?
2nd stanza,line 4. cant searing occur only within the oven?
4th stanza,line 4. did you mean 'panoramic'?
6th bewildering stanza, -im the happiest gay pillow in the whole village.[or something] oh for goodness sake , please reel in the anthropomorphic ruminations driver.
constuctive or not, im drawing a line in the sand.
the zhuhai peoples poetry police are hereby conveined ,pens poised, making the pages safe for all.
'my existence while grotesque and incomprehensible to you saves lives.you dont want the truth because deep down in places you dont talk about at parties,you want me on that wall,you need me on that wall. we use words like honour ,code ,loyalty.we use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something'.
ok driver im letting you off with a warning this time, but if i see so much as a missing gerund ,or a mismatched collocative verb, your nicked. chief commissioner chopper, z.p.p.p. [recruiting now!-have a nice day]
ok john, im havin a ball with this now , come on down to ryans bar when im playing and you can have a field day critiquing my off key caterwauling [ i ,however, wont post my performances to your computer !!! i promise] p.s.- yes i know i dont use capitals , they're elitist.
nice pillow, can't say much
nice pillow, can't say much about the rest... (actually I'd rather not) ;-)
regards,
T. Tempest. DCA
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