The Forbidden City - A quartet ...................... (Part 2) The Gate of Supreme Harmony

  

  The Shock
opulence provides
  the minimalist repetition of harmony
 prevails
and so on
while high above the spot on the floor 

  where the general stood to report 

  the steel ball was waiting 

  locked to the ceiling, waiting for the moment 

  when the emperor decided 

  if the news was not to his liking 

  to trip the switch, 

  drop the ball 

  crush the bad news
with the newsman's head.
Harmony prevails. Mop up the stains. 

  Get that eunuch 

  to hold the old wife 

  head down in that harmonizing well 

  and put the lid on her feet.
So much …

This was written by a poet whose name I forget . But all credits to him on the prose, yet the pics are taken by yours truly.