Chinese Ballad

Pity the Second Emperor.
He'll never be the first.
He burned more books and killed more kids
but nothing slaked his thirst.

Comments

Peter said…
Nice!
A fitting epitaph for George W Bush's derelict presidency.
Jee Leong said…
Thanks for reading, Peter. The poem of course has, er, universal appeal.

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