The Japanese Are Coming
The Japanese are coming!
The Communists are coming!
Some people are similarly
trembling and mumbling.
As if the sky will collapse,
all things will be crushed!
As if they’re fire and flood,
all things will be destructed!
Adults cease to laugh.
Children stop to cry.
Dogs howl around the clock.
Ghosts moan throughout the night.
* This is an old poem,
Records the feelings of the time.
Japanese devils first came,
Communists followed their steps.
Japanese were driven away,
Communists succeeded and stayed.
The despotic leader later dies.
Communists become rather nice.
Who dares to tell the truth?
An old poet, foolish and fearless!