Wasps, once having flown
Past
Bobbing islands of our own making
Littoral trenchworks
Synthetic archipelagos
Set
Provinces aflame
Get
Under the rice-paper skin of gentle citizens
Infect
Beasts of burden
Birds of any feather
Observe
The soiling of fine linens
By desultory circles
Of incontinent herons
Let us rest these centuries twain
To release to gaijin
Opium-addled herons to return to their roost
Flap-flap,
Laugh,
The Buddha-belly birdwatchers of Beijing
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