Friday, December 06, 2024

The Book Lingo, Electra, 48th Day of Hagwinter, 524 M.E.

 

Behind the gates of the wealthy
Food lies rotting from waste.
Outside it's the poor
Who lie frozen to death.

Da Fu, the Eighth-Century Chinese poet, was not only a critic of war but also an astute observer of social injustice.


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