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An Old Fool Who Is Sharpening a Dagger of Vengence
although revenge is said to be sour in the stomach
but sweet to the mouth and that is why it doesn’t matter
what happens afterward,
the old fool sharpens the dagger
to take revenge on those who made his life miserable
in the unquenchable flames of long harboring grudges
the shadow of the old fool squats down between a heaps of
useless settings that once have delighted the audiences
with added splendid sceneries to the stage,
moves back and forth gruesomely to sharpen the dagger
on the magnificent stage
the resentful performers’ spirits such as an actress
who was stoned to death because of jealousy,
an actor stabbed to death by a dagger of conspiracy,
a woman strangled to death under licentious taleteller’s tongue,
a man ran over by a carriage on the wheels of evil desire,
one who took his own life
after long and repetitious sleepless nights’ agonies
on the death of another that caused his misconception,
and many other leading and villain players’ victimized souls
come and go as if a gruesome Grim Reaper waited to see them
and snatch another from the stage
the old fool
surrounded by such sorrowful mistreated spirits
stares at the sharp edged knife with a bloodthirsty look
picturing the faces that must die under this dagger,
imaging the day of shaking the victims’ blood off from it
with complacent smile of satisfaction on his waning face
nonetheless, the face reflected on the blade was
no one else’s but his own careworn image,
the weather-beaten old man who went through a long life’s whirlpools
the old fool is
surrounded by the spirits
those of the falsely accused, mistreated,
and agonizing dead on the stage,
sharpening the dagger wet with his own tear drops on the stone
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Su Ben
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