Polities in Vietnam
It does seem rather strange to me • That they should favour Cao Ky.
He's sometimes right and sometimes wrong As, in his day, was Than Van Huong.
And neither worse nor better than Were General Minh and General Khan.
For all that I can see, they seem All much the same as Ngo Dinh Diem.
One wonders what it's all about
That one is in, the others out.
For 'plus ca change'—the saying goes With Frenchmen—`plus c'est la mettle chose.'
It's hard to see exactly what Can be the point in being shot They don't indulge in pride or passion, But shooting is the local fashion.
And hosts, when ordering dinner, say, 'Two extra, if you please, today.
If both of them should not arrive For drinks by seven forty-five, Then only one will come to dine.
Please serve the soup at ten to nine.'
CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS
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