Today I am at Ease

Today I am at Ease (after Mao)

I've just drunk the waters of the East River

and come to eat some fish at Socrates.

Now I'm swimming up the Newtown Creek,

looking off to the open sky of Queens.

Let the Wind Blow

I've just drunk the waters of Changsha

and come to eat fish at Wuchung.

Now I'm swimming across the great Yang-tze,

looking afar to the open sky of Chu.

Mao Tse-tung