What price to pay?
Lin Biao CC Wiki commons Life will not answer to reason. And meaning is too young a thing to have much power over it. Richard Powers Overstory Loc 2075 A foreigner with a little language Is still a novelty in Hangzhou in the 90s. So much so that I Bargain a pair of gloves, For a knock-down price. My Chinese friend is Miffed when he goes back The next night but Can’t do so well. “How come you sold it Cheeper to the foreigner?” He asks and is answered With a shrug. I buy a plaque of Mao But pass over a similar Memento of Lin Biao - The official villain of Modern Chinese history. It costs 5 times more. Later that day we Visit Lin Biao’s Holiday compound. Unused for years It feels like a wealthy European suburb. Acres of manicured Forest with several Two storied villas Dotted about. Delightful in their Colours and porticoes But eerie in their emptiness. Entering one villa we Go behind ...