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A Woman that Claims that I am her son
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Like any typical Korean would,
as a child I listened to the story of Dokdo.
"Dokdo is our land." My mom would say
"Dokdo is our land." I would repeat
As a middle school student,
I learned the history of Dokdo.
"1905, Japan claims Dokdo island to be theirs."
the text book would say
"1905, Japan claims Dokdo island to be theirs." I would read
"1905, Korea ignores." it would say
"1905, Korea ignores." I would read
As a high school student,
I sigh as I read the dreadful news:
"Japan once again claims sovereignty over Dokdo"
"If only Korea hadn't ignored the first time.." I sometimes think
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You know, there was a gullible bubble living in the
deep
deep
Deep
ocean
But then again, everyone was gullible.
Anyways, that gullible bubble loved to swim in the sky blue sea.
One day that bubble swam
and
swam
and
swam to the
bottom
of the sky blue sea
and he s u b e across trouble.
t m l d
In the of the sky blue sea, the boy was crying.
bottom
Takeshima the gullible bubble cried.
Why are you crying the gullible bubble asked
But the boy cried
and
cried
and
cried.
He filled the sky blue sea with his sky blue tears.
But you know, the boy wasn't a sad boy from the very beginning.
He was a h boy, living with his loving mom - the woman of
a red
p and
p blue
y
Well, 110 years ago that is.
One day, like any other day, the boy was playing with
his fish toy
and his fish friends.
Then SHE came.
The woman from a nearby island.
The woman of Red and White that is.
The Woman of Red and White that is
She saw the boy.
She saw his fish toy.
She saw his fish friends.
Toy fish mine
she said
No, Mine
the boy said
Fish Friend mine
she said
No, Mine
the boy said
The woman was really angry.
She REALLY wanted that Fish toy, you know.
She REALLY wanted that Fish Friend, you know.
So, she
thought
and
thought
and
thought.
Oh, this is a good Idea
she thought
Then You is MINE.
She said.
Then You is MY SON.
She said.
Then Fish toy is MINE.
She said.
Then Fish Friend is MINE.
She said.
Takeshima
She said.
You is Takeshima she said.
She called him with a name he had never heard of.
HAHAHAHA
the boy laughed
That is a nice joke
the boy said
HAHAHAHA
the mom laughed
That is a nice joke
the mom said
They laughed and laughed and laughed.
When the woman of Red and White ran
r o
a the sky blue sea u
screaming d n
Boy is mine
Boy is MY son
Boy is Takeshima,
they laughed and MORE and MORE and MORE
When the woman of Red and White ran
R O
r o
A a the sky blue sea u U
d n
and
D N
screaming
Boy is mine
Boy is MY son
Boy is Takeshima,
they laughed and laughed and laughed
Who believe that
they thought
But you know, everyone in the
deep
deep
Deep
ocean is gullible
When the woman of Red and White ran
R O
r o
r o
A a a the sky blue sea u u U
d n
d n
D N
screaming
Boy is mine
Boy is MY son.
Boy is Takeshima,
Takeshima
the bubbles started to say
Takeshima
the seagulls started to say
Takeshima
the rocks started to say
The mom and boy could laugh no more.
No
they said
He is NOT Takeshima
the mom said
He is MY son
the mom said
I am NOT Takeshima
the boy said
I am the son of RED and BLUE
the boy said
But no one listened.
Takeshima
they would say.
It was like fIrE, you know.
Once it starts spreading, you can't stop it.
Well, if you stopped it in the first place, it wouldn't have spread at all but that wasn't the case, was it.
And that is the reason why the boy is sad.
What's the boy's real name you ask?
His name is Dokdo
His real name is Dokdo
He is the son of
red and blue
He is the son of Korea
Not that anyone cares.
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Currently, Dokdo is officially accepted as the territory of Korea.
Yet, it is still under the danger of being called Takeshima.
To this day, Korea fights for the true name of her son, Dokdo.
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