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A New Athens in Beijing
by KJ McPhee → (All Poetry by KJ McPhee)
Monday, February 12, 2018    Not rated by the Author.
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A New Athens in Beijing

A new Athens in Beijing
but no Pericles or Socrates

Confucius couldn't live here
Du Fu couldn't buy a square metre

luxury villas the size of grand libraries

but no one reading philosophy
or making dramatic speeches;

who needs democracy?     

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 Reviews of "A New Athens in Beijing"
Reviewed on February 16, 2018
Who needs these anyway? They have no soul nor do they care......."democracy"?

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on February 15, 2018
Bigger houses. Smaller minds.


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