Going West After Mathew Arnold The East Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

The West bows low before Red China,
greed's patent deep disdain,
it's Obit US with no headliner:
few democrats remain.

The West declines, meanwhile Red China
in quarantine holds all but Han;
shows human decency angina
hope's suffocating pain.

30 May 2021 second paragraph added 18 December 2021
for previous version see below

The West bows low before Red China
its patent deep disdain,
in Obit US with no headliner
few democrats remain.


Jonathan Robin
30 May 2021
The East
The East bow'd low before the blast,
In patient deep disdain.
She let the legions thunder past,
And plunged in thought again.

Mathew ARNOLD 1822_1888