Flying a kite in the middle of Inle Lake

If I say,
‘I kite in the middle of Inle Lake.’ you ll think
I am havering, certifiably unwell, incompetent to stand trial.

You will roll in laughter when you hear,
‘This oddball came
all the way fromYangon on a night bus

just to fly a kite at Inle Lake. ’

Let me tell you;

when ma-ah-la SAC hanged
U Jimmy & Ko Phyo Zeyar Thaw,
thousands of social media profiles turned black. Junta spooks identified the black profiles of the virtual world,
& arrested some folks in the real world.
We are in deep shit.
We couldn’t even share
our grief inside
with the outside world, innit?

Come on mate, don’t you think
those gaolers are more absurd than me? They didn’t even win
a seat for power.
Fucking nuts, they grabbed all the seats. Experts will tell you
how, when & from whom
they got their certificate that states “incompetent to stand trial.”
Wacky, wicked, vicious, thuggish!

Here’s an idea.
Let’s revive an ancient Inle burial rite.

Go catch
those maniacs,
tie ‘em up, &
display ‘em on a raft under a scorching sun. When they expire
roll ‘em up in a mat drop ;em in the water, their bodies
skewered down
with bamboo spikes. Fish will love that.

(*) SAC _ State Administration Council

translated by Ko Ko Thett