A World-class City of Distinction Dying by Slow 'Self-Suffocation'! Give me Liberty or Death!

A World-class City of Distinction
Dying by Slow 'Self-Suffocation'!
-- by Frank C Yue

-- A Classic Tragedy, could it be
   Or a Melodrama? We shall see...

Give me Liberty or Death!
"Death! Who's talking about death?
Patience, bear with me with all that.
'Death' is a slow process.
'2047' is not yet here;
You still have 33 years."

 "For now, clear the deck,
Just put the noose 'round the neck.
As yet, I don't want you dead.
'You'll be fine!' -- just play mute and deaf!
Think of the 'all-soothing' Money,
Plus the 'all-happy' Harmony."

Amid another crimson Storm,
Be not afraid, be brave and strong!
Pulling the noose too tight --
Do what good to you, it might?
Ev'ryone needs space-freedom to breathe,
O Let the vibrant City live!

When 'self-purging' and 'o'er-corrections'
Were carried to the extreme,
Gone will be the cream of the cream
With balancing observations.
O Send in all the clowns;
On themselves they should frown.

"Wasn't it God's doing I fell away?
Was it God who set me astray?"
He's no need of wicked man, too.
But, His will it's loyalty to do.
He sets before you water and fire--
Whiche'er you choose stretch out your hand.**

This, the City of Milk and Honey --
Producing golden eggs a-plenty,
Where people can walk and talk free --
Between Two Worlds it is the link;
Let it shine and keep it shining!


**Note:
From the Bible: Sirach 15: 11-16.

The sinner is fully responsible for his/her conduct because God, who sees all things, is not the author of wickedness: He gives to every man/woman the liberty to choose between good and evil.  'Water' represents salvation and life, 'fire', damnation and death. 

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