CONFUCIUS HE SAY… (weekly poem)

CONFUCIUS HE SAY… 

A light-hearted look at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s

October 2015 visit to Britain to sign a new trade deal.

Confucius he say human rights,

Are secondary to trade;

Especially when the money men,

See profit to be made.

Confucius he say China’s boss,

(A Tai-pan through and through) (1)

Is modern-day’s equivalent,

Of Dr Fu Manchu! (2)

Confucius he say Cameron,

And new chum Xi Jinping;

See their respective cash machines,

Ring ting-a-ling-a-ling!

Confucius he say Chinese state,

Is ‘Communist’ right through;

That’s why the many have few rights,

Unlike the Party few.

Confucius he say many things,

But finally he say;

That for the ‘Yuan Percent’ it is,

A Chinese takeaway!

(1) Tai-pan is Chinese for top boss.

(2) Dr Fu Manchu was a criminal mastermind

created by British writer, Sax Rohmer, using his

knowledge of London’s Limehouse Chinatown.

© Richard Layton