There was a bombing in the Basilica,
but fortunately no one was injured.
the media coughed up the story for a week,
like a house cat with a huge hair ball
stuck in its' throat.
Finally, the news shifted to Hong Kong!
The BBC along with many other international media,
breathlessly proclaimed that a street protest,
which started at the intersection of
Yee Wo Street
and Hennessy Road,
grew like an old Confucian beard.
The throngs of people were heard singing,
it was reported,
with many carrying placards which
spoke of humaneness.
Uniformed police were reported to have been
shoving everyone within their reach.
Undercover agents were actively taking pictures.
Of course, police behavior was not appropriate,
as many protest organizers were quick to say.
Propriety, it was noted, was important;
sufficiently important, the BBC wrote, to galvanize the protesters.
The assembled people appealed for wisdom from their elected leaders!
Yes, this proved to be big news!!
But the upper levels of Hong Kong's political elites
proved to be less than trustworthy.
Within days, they capitulated to the wishes of
the mainland Chinese leadership's interests.
These interests, it was known, were not about
the 5 pillars!
Thus, the old Confucian beard was trimmed.
The majority of Hong Kong people had hopes and hearts
surgically removed, like an arthritic hip,
without anesthesia.
Finally, the news, (BBC included) shifted to an Indonesian earthquake
and the subsequent tsunami.
Yet, historically, there once was a man called Confucius.
