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Jan 2019
The edict of the Emperor
I received today
to labour at the Great Wall*
fifty thousand li# away

Pao Pao^ is only eight
his little mei-mei^^ is but five
with a thousand sorrows I leave
but wait for me, my dearest wife
* millions perished and most didn't return home
# 0.6 mile
^  little child, an affectionate term  ^^  younger sister
Written by
Dr Peter Lim  M/Victoria, Australia
(M/Victoria, Australia)   
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