Tuesday, October 31, 2017

‘THE THOUGHT OF CHAIRMAN XI’ (poem)

‘THE THOUGHT OF CHAIRMAN XI’

24/10/17. 'Chinese Communist Party' Congress delegates voted
unanimously to add 'Xi Jinping Thought' to their Constitution.

From Sichuan and Beijing down to,
Ex-Portuguese Macau;
The Chinese rocked to the 'Red Book',
Of dear old Chairman Mao.

But these days all the millionaires,
With 'Anti-Rightist'* glee;
Are now hip-hopping to that rap,
'The Thought of Chairman Xi'. (1)

This 'Great Leap Forward'* surely means,
In China, everyone;
Is still revolting, though not with,
'The Barrel of a Gun'*! (2)

The 'Counter-Revolutionaries'*
Who under Mao, were purged;
These same ‘Revisionists’* returned,
When Deng Xiaoping emerged. (3)

The Party failed in it’s attempt,
To 'Rehabilitate'*;
The 'Capitalist Roaders'* who’d,
Begun to dominate.

But still they claim they’re ‘Socialists’,*
Though with a 'Chinese face'*;
Their 'Communism'* fully part,
Of the world's marketplace! (4)

(1) Xi Jinping is pronounced SHE JEENG-PEENG.

(2) 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'. Mao Zedong.

(3) Mao’s successor who more openly accepted the market economy.

(4) * The many preposterous slogans of the farcically named
'Chinese Communist Party' would have us believe that “Socialism
with Chinese characteristics” is anything other than Capitalism.
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© Richard Layton

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