Comedy is Tragedy Plus Time
                                     by Robert Liang

I found myself lost in time during a cool summer’s noon.

Held in an unfamiliar desert surrounded by vibrating air.

Thirst burst in my throat without patience

and my eyes are filled with this scorching heat.

Yet all of a sudden,

the heat vanished and left me with darkness.

When I regain my consciousness,

the dust transforms into glory and lead me

to the golden pyramids and the formidable Pharaoh,

that used belongs to an ancient civilization.

There I witnessed the most gruesome murder of Tutankhamun.

Time becomes so dreadful that even I can share the pain.

A faint voice drags me back to the reality.

“O generous time! Why you take away those innocent souls

and worsen the grief from the past through your cruel fist!

“O generous time! How you make great empires fall,

and you covered these layers of history with your undying flame!

ThePharaohh now is removed from the cold sheets,

and placed gently in a museum filled with tourists’ laughter.

I realize how a comedy is made up from a tragedy with time.

So I decide to get up from the sand and challenged him:

“Who is the master of living creatures

between you and death?” I cried.

Well the reply from him is simply the tickling of a clock.

Tic toc tic toc tic toc...

Poem: "Do Seek Their Meat From God"

Poem about the short story "Do Seek Their Meat From God"

God sets up a play that ends with a tragedy

Settlers that only sing a sad melody

will fight against the panther's claws.

The hungry roars and baby's cries awakened this ancient land

that used to be ruled by nature's helping hand.

Was it a joke that God wants to make

Or a chance for the humanity to live?

That both sides have a mouth to feed at

their remote homes!

The moment that the hunter kills the wild beast,

he knows it is time for a dramatic end.

The winner had earned a great lesson, 

while the cubs were starved to death in a cold season.

Hope that God only wants to teach us a lesson:

We were given this life because 

we were strong to live!

Win or Lost

                                Reaction to the movie "Creed"

    A young boxer walks through a dark sidewalk with tight boxing gloves and sweating all over his body. Among the loud hurrah and shush coming from the audience, he stands still on the boxing ring asking a question to himself "win or lose?". 

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    The movie "Creed" that I recently watched makes me think about a question: "what is the meaning of wining and losing?" The young city boy Creed, who was born in a wealthy family, seems to have a better life than some of the boxers. However, he is only an illegitimate child, and his father died in the ring. As for Creed himself, he believes that the winner in the ring is the one who can knock out his opponent. Therefore, he then goes to a boxing gym and yells that he wants to fight with the best boxer in the gym. Nevertheless, he was knocked out by the other boxer and was told that boxing is not a game full of a dream you are fighting for but a job that can feeds your family. 

     
     After learning a lesson, Creed decides to move to Philadelphia, where he is going to chase his dream as a boxer. Meanwhile, he also meets his father's old opponent Rocky Balboa, who is the one that "kills" his father. He then learns from Rocky the true meaning of being a boxer and winning a match. At the end of the movie, Creed concludes," A great fighter won't say it ain't about how hard you can hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and moving forward."

                          Link to watch the movie trailer:
                         1. https://youtu.be/Uv554B7YHk4
                         2. https://youtu.be/JQ9OhBYjTds