Open Now, So That It Can Be Folded Again

By Chung Kwok Keung

Roads have now been made by our footsteps
A distinctive umbrella, visible far away in midst of tear gas
Open now, so that it can be folded again
For use later on countless sunny days…
We march again with the children.

Let’s put silence to a coma in the dark of night
Let’s allow our voice, clear and loud, to be heard at dawn
Occupy, so that it can be put back in place
Sit down, and then stand up, one by one
When our names are called,
Each and every one of us, say: Here.

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