LI YU DESCRIBES A POLLUTED ESTUARY 

	Foamy tides . . .
	septic detergent phosphates ride
	along snow-drifts of industrial waste
	lingering as battalions of bacteria
	thrive in cesspools spawned by
	macro-economic waste

	Breathe deep and imagine
	ancient times when this melee
	had no strychnine-resins
	or heavy metal brine

	Breathe deep and be
	one with the monstrosity

	Salute the transformation of estuaries
	into microcosms of society

	Salute the madness created
	by you and me - 

	In disease is graazzz


An-Yi:   Huh? 'In disease is grace'? What the heck does that mean?

Chariya: Yeah, sounds foolish.

Bhäraté: Perhaps much of what we call 'poetry' is simply a celebration of stupidity.

Daiki: 	 (shaking his head) I'm already stupid enough . . .


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: A drawing and poem about water pollution and dialog about nonsense. 
KEYWORDS: polluted estuaries, poisoned rivers, water pollution, filthy waters

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1999 in Taipei, Taiwan  ≜ Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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