LinkedIn’s Censorship in China: A Sonnet

By Evan Mantyk
Evan Mantyk
Evan Mantyk
Evan Mantyk teaches history and literature in New York. He is also president and editor of the Society of Classical Poets.
July 3, 2014Updated: April 23, 2016

(Background: LinkedIn Connects with Beijing, Censors Falun Gong)

LinkedIn connects people the world over,
Crafting a cozy café oceans wide
Where people can sip with each other,
Do business without an eight-hour ride.

Yet, recently, when I was at LinkedIn,
I noticed something red in my chai tea;
It tasted of metal, horror and sin;
The creamer was puss oozing profusely

From a Tiananmen Square protester’s arm,
Rotting away after twenty-five years,
From the communists’ torturous harm
To Falun Gong, a hint of salty tears.

I spat out the nightmare, ran out the door,
“If this is censorship, I want no more!”   

 

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