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Apr 27, 2005 21:36

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A list of things so human
  denial
  cruelty
  eyes so cold, so cold as snow atop Fuji, distant as snow atop Everest
  unbending mind
  unbending will as the unmovable rocky armor of Fuji
  unbending mind trapped in delusion -- like the peak of Fuji clouded in mist
  eyes so cold, so unseeing, blinded by icy mist
  eyes too cold to see pain, to see that the unbending will of Fuji against the howling tempest has left the mountainside barren, the vegetation in utter ruin
  eyes whose tears have long frozen unshed, dissipated into the icy mist

A list of things so tragic
  a baby's death
  a baby's slaughter
  sacrifices
  mindless sacrifices
  meaningless sacrifices for men to whom one's life is just an expendable weed to guard the rocky armor of Fuji midst the howling tempest
  a nation's history
  the world's history
  the history of slaughter and the millions of murdered children
  the millions of murdered children and their potential crushed before their spring like the hapless fauna on Fuji by the claws of the bloodthirsty tempest
  a mother's tears
  a wife's tears
  a child's tears as thick and steady as the winter snow falling atop Fuji, as the winter snow burying Everest's peak

A list of things so human
  negligence
  willful negligence
  murderous negligence, cowering behind the icy veil of the mist, knowing the storm will rage and the blossoms and saplings will be crushed but the veil of mist shields the view
  cynicism
  despair
  despair and hate so deep it has imploded and become as nothing
  apathetic cynicism of too many tears piled atop Fuji and it's mingled with the mist and blinded the eyes and the eyes have frozen and have turned into that empty, hollow ice

It's a sad day when term papers inspire one to write poetry. Mingjian Life Trivia for 500. The poem was composed for the term paper on this topic. Mingjian Life Trivia for 600. The poem's title was inspired by these two artistic creations. Need artists' names in the answer for full credit. And shame on you if you have to Google to find one of them. Mingjian Life Trivia for 400. The style of the poetry is heavily based on this. And again, point deduction for Googling the answer!

On another note, I'm completely converted to LaTeX now. Worship it.
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