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To Kuo Mo-jo

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
February
Year
1974
OCR Text

TO KUO MO-JO by Mao Tse-tung

On our small planet

a few houseflies bang on the walls.

They buzz, moan, moon,

and ants climb the locust tree and brag about

their vast dominion.

It is easy for a flea to say

it topples a huge tree.

In Changan leaves spill in the west wing,

the arrowhead groans in the air.

We had much to do

and quickly.

The sky-earth spins

and time is short.

Ten thousand years is long

and so a morning and an evening count.

The four oceans boil and clouds fume with rain.

The five continents shake in the wind of lightning.

We wash away insects

and are strong.