Asleep in the Time of Red

Kikkoman hums in a frying pan filled with

Wood ear (mù'ěr), 冬瓜, and leftover turkey from a

Thanksgiving meal, chastising those who

Believe in semiotics binary, believe

That 豆腐 cannot be cooked with ketchup,

Believe poetry an Ourburos, believe

毛泽东万岁, history uninterrupted. Though

Absurd to believe anything from a

Sleeper earnest, mistaking TV silhouettes for 京剧

Actors, seeing women truly man play-acting

woman manhood, usurping or killing themselves as

King and Concubine, Viola with no fourth inning merely

I as you, a joy, for 有朋自远方来

不亦乐乎: A creature contented complete.