Old men drinking  black water
Dogs of Taiyuan loosing hope

I saw a young woman,
27 already and loving another kind

A battered book under her arm
They can't see beyond today

The child looked at the Hulusi
An honest look, the laughter, the love

I gave her the cake
A fragment of what I felt

Mars Audiac Quintet in the background
Sean O'Hagen playing ping-pong

'A stamp of war then peel back
to square one and back for more'

Lu Yu asked me
"Why are you drinking black water?"

The woman came over and whispered in my ear
"L'amore est notre veritable destin"

Just like the first time.