Upon a Young Lady's Spittle
Young Chinese lady
Dressed in fancy business attire
I would think she was an administrator
Mounting on the school steps so haughtily
So striking her confident stride
Upon passing, she pays not even a glance
But beyond, I hear her loudly spitting
An act so much louder
Than her silent airs of mock superiority
I watch my step as I dismount the flight of stairs
by Hugh M. Lewis
The Great Wall
Poesy From China
1998-9
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Last Updated: 03/15/05