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A Chinese Slave

October 18, 2013
By FireThief PLATINUM, Kotte, Alabama
FireThief PLATINUM, Kotte, Alabama
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When they built the Wall of China
To keep the Mongols out
A slave died.
No one cared.
He was put in the ground
And the Wall built on top.
And now, on a dark night
When the stars in the Chinese sky
Are blotted out by clouds
His spirit surveys the fruit of his toils,
From a faraway place.



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