war song of susu!

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dear wonderful burmanet!

this happened to me - such a strange story! i warn you!

love from, general susu,  minister of war and poetry


atlantic beach, sunday, rain in hair
jane is running, black dog over sand.
barefoot, i stare at waves
breathing clouds salt
smell of tea in empty cup.

bird quick cry. crack of silver
then over the cold water the huge wind shout
into me, so rough and fast, tear everything away!
what is left is chewed-on bones.
i turn broken head, tree fall away
one hundred one thousand years go past.
blood fills mouth; stone, torn fur,
a sound of metal bell.
across the water, at black edge of world,
smoke fill sky and smell of burning skin.

there is my beautiful country!
each eye is sting to slit
but there is myitkyina, the irrawaddy
strange fire rise from water, open eye
the whole river is burning!
flood of fire sweep down over
burma, past mingun to ava and prome, all of it,
my own beautiful sagaing in flame!
women shout demon shout bird
dive into burning water, and
meru rise into sky like smoke.
everywhere the fire burn
beautiful and fierce.
it is hot bitter
breath of anawratha
burning down to gulf of martaban

strange, so strange anawratha
i see you clear like day.
i see you and my bones all crack,
my eye turn to stone, then water.
you are singing,
i hear you, and
terrible bird fly from ears.
i open mouth to talk and enemy fall out,
skin all burn black, screaming

look down.
it is last sight.
in wet sand under feet
my armies are singing, my beautiful
armies sing deep with mouth of cold salt.
drum has beaten, black crab gather
for feast in bitter irrawaddy.
look at their black claws, waving in air!
they hear song of beautiful brave armies!
they see burning planet in broken sky!
they taste hot angry beautiful
smell of my blood!



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