Chairman Mao
stayed for two years
courtesy of Charlie

Large canvas above the desk
looms over, stifles the space
Stops people at the door

Red for the Red Army
red for blood
Red Autumn Harvest Uprising
red violent class struggles

Why is that painting there?
     Human rights abuses
How can it hang on that wall?
     Executions
Founding Father, the People’s Republic

The painting depicts
the Dictator
The color of spilled blood

Revolutionary
Contemporary Art
Needs a home

“Politics is war without bloodshed
while war is politics with bloodshed.”

Politics changes