First, create public opinion. Last, fly alone.

first, create public opinion

thinker activist therorist

swirling levels of technical debate

factional struggles within the party

warlords on the prowl

who can hold their own

on June 22, 1937

MAO portrait published

constructed edifice of ideological dominance

thanks to Chen Boda

 

fellow workers

needed leadership

i refused to take advantage

gross wanted power

i could have put my name on top

the masthead of wobbly city

insisted that the truth come out

when gross got angry for exposing him

i could have jumped all over him

and our union would have grown

instead of falling star-bucked

 

now in Taichung on the Han River

without a deeper purpose

she says that i'm retired

that's only on the surface

was like Papillion trying to get free

and made it out okay...

 egrets fly alone

one by one

following their instinct

am i any different?

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