Shanghaied
(on
midair collision between a U.S. spyplane and a Chinese fighter plane)
Proud nation of the Orient,
Your posturing we applaud!
To demand of us apology
Before our people be restored!
Your pilot played at bumper cars,
Our plane to intercept,
But put a rookie at the wheel,
Then what do you expect?
With such devotion and concern, though,
For this single citizen,
Perhaps you'll free the innocents
Whom you detain in prison.
Perhaps you'll minister tender care
Where before you murdered and maimed,
Where you criminalized thought and expression
And humanity defamed.
And with your renewed attention
To popular incite
Now venting ire and outrage
On your state-censored website,
You'll institute democracy
To let the people decide
Whom they should choose to call the shots
Or foreigners deride.
Congratulations on your new approach
Giving your people a new lease!
Perhaps you'll restore our property
And our servicemen release.
You call the captive crew "lawbreakers"
For landing on your soil
As if they'd willingly brought to you
The gift which you now spoil.
If you've no use for our gizmos
And advanced technology,
The Taiwanese will pay a handsome price
To guard their sovereignty!
Think well on how you damage
Future trade 'twixt us and you.
We'll gladly buy your cherished goods
But not Chinese Haikou!
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