Wikipedia Poem, No. 761
the seniors in
chang-tan park and
the seniors in he-yang
low-waged war and sparse reliable force since li he
served languish
even
working
peach-blossom steady erosion of state
and sparse
protest
comfortable
forces in peach-blossom anxiety
and sparse
reliable
for peach-blossom ranks of thot of complaints peach-blossom
li he was surprised
the old
man's teach blossoms the way
li he was surprised those in factory towns
had
surprised tears investing complaints in peach-blossoms
golden hairpins work the peach-blossom way
li he was
no less than ammunition
of abuse those
unlucky thursdays
we are
of a
middle-class
and fashionable
carriages rumbling
in ornate patterns
of yellow twilight
Source: Cohen, Patricia, and Robert Gebeloff. “Public Servants Are Losing Their Foothold in the Middle Class.” The New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018. Web.