The Taiwan Report

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TAIWAN

 

WOOD - BEGINNING 
0 terrible orgasm of Mother Earth, 
Awesome power in aeons past, 
With mighty roars she came and came- 
No pleasure here, no slippery thighs, 
No gentle fingers, no trembling sighs 
But bowels churning with white heat- 
Gushing, pouring, spewing, heaving 
Sulphurous molten rock: 
Taiwan.

 

FIRE - BIRTH 
Alone and unattended She, 
Her bearing closed by sand and sea, 
Through gaping wound across Her belly 
Expelled Her screaming child. 
Up, up it rose from ocean floor 
To tower high o'er boiling shore: 
Taiwan.

 

EARTH - GROWTH/DEVELOPMENT 
O'er Yang Ming peak I saw you born. 
Fierce winds and waves and whistling sprays 
Scraped and shaped your wondrous bays. 
On Chunan plains you saved the corn. 
From little junks you hauled your nets. 
In alleyways you placed your bets. 
On crowded streets you hurried by, 
By taxis, cycles nearly killed. 
0 slant-eyed beauty of black eye ! 
You caused my semen to be spilled 
Ten billion times: 
Taiwan.

 

METAL - MATURITY 
Young girls proud in country free, 
Young men summoning TaiQi, 
Army alert constantly 
Face the threat from o'er the sea: 
Taiwan.

 

WATER - DEATH/REBIRTH 
Little jewel of the East 
May your people live in peace. 
May they never have to see 
Obscenity like Nag'saki. 
May the West learn what you teach: 
Hard work, honour, close family, 
Pride of self and history: 
Taiwan.