#92
"Tibetan sources tell VOA that
another person has set himself on fire in western China as part of a protest
against Chinese rule in ethnic Tibetan areas." --Voice of America News, December 3, 2012
Released from the cocoon of his face
rising butterflies of flame
unfold their wings
his eyes and lips have not
yet been consumed
he seems engaged in his detachment
focused far beyond his immolation
but his robes are the color of a
match head
Tibetan red
the match tip has just been struck
caught in the sight of a camera
and the combustion is still
beginning.
--Wulf Losee
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