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A KAESŎNG MAN DROVE A WAYFARER AWAY
(Seven character, Quatrain)




The rhyme is shin/chin; tones match.


The town is called Kaesŏng—open fortress—

     how come you lock the gate?

The mountain is called Song’ak—pine rock—

     how come there’s no wood for a fire?

It’s inhuman to drive off a wayfarer in the dying light.

This eastern land boasts its civility,

     but you, sir, are a uniquely barbarous Chinese bollix.