The Future of China
Did I see it there?
Did I see the future of China
At the empty Expo site
Going over the Lupu Bridge
In the bright morning sun?
The pavilions of pleasantries were exhausted.
All commercial viability had been extracted from the shells
Of buildings, now crumbling like exoskeletons
Shed off in the promise of something new.
In a vacant lot beside the remains,
I saw mechanized infantries parading through parking lots.
The future was coming, rolling in with the morning sun.