Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Zhūlián jiǔzú (株連九族) ~ Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Yesterday, I woke up to the handsome demons inside my head naming

Ordinary people as the victims of nine relations to torture

Understanding refers to a type of knowledge that reflects on itself

Rational processes of thought rarely include vengeance as repayment

Mothers, fathers, children all line up as victims for executioners

Other people, other than the perpetrator, end up as the victims

To understand logic is beyond this type of retributive justice

How offenders suffer is by extinguishing all of their relations

Eliminate all points of reference for good relationships to grow

Retributive justice lets the offender know they are now all alone

Success occurs through nine relations of family, friends or business partners

Understanding refers to a type of knowledge that reflects on itself

Consigned to a life of absolute solitude the offender becomes

Killer of his own kind, a pariah of sorts in his community

Success occurs through nine relations of family, friends or business partners

Consider innocence lost as a deterrent for others to do good

Other people, other than the perpetrator, end up as the victims

Consider the harm done to justify the means, the end result is truth

Killing nine relations mortifies the living in light of the offense

Success occurs through nine relations of family, friends or business partners

If this type of sentence is too harsh on others by association

Nothing but compassion, kindness and tolerance is the alternative

Hell is what we offer not as a metaphor but as a brutal fact

Enlist armies to wage war against offenders of the common people

Left alone with demons to reflect on this life becomes repetitive

Left alone with demons to reflect on this life becomes repetitive

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