{"id":6478,"date":"2011-06-10T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2011-06-10T02:02:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T06:02:09","slug":"the-last-son-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/the-last-son-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LAST SON OF CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ai WeiWei In Munich hospital after surgery in 2009<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

This just in, a fine homage, a cry from the heart, for Ai Weiwei, the detained\u00a0Chinese\u00a0artist:<\/p>\n

THE LAST SON OF CHINA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 3, 2011, Ai Weiwei was detained at the Beijing Airport<\/em><\/p>\n

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..\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…..hello hello hello\u2026Weiwei\u2026where have you been?\u2026I see you in dreams\u2026bleeding\u2026in the darkness of the sun\u202643 spots in the flame\u2026each a nightmare one cannot wake up from\u2026Weiwei\u2026the last son\u2026you told me as we said goodbye\u2026your last night on the Lower East side\u2026\u672a\u672a\u2026the last child of your Mother and Father\u2026born in the labor camp\u2026exiled from Beijing to the far desert\u2026<\/p>\n

watching your Father clean public latrines for singing the truth\u2026beaten cursed spat upon at every street corner\u2026 why did you want to return?\u2026I asked\u2026did NYC streets no longer stir your blood?…or the Blackjack in Atlantic City get stale?…you smiled\u2026as you flung dumpling skins out of my 13th<\/sup> floor window\u2026I need to go home\u2026to my father\u2026I need to speak\u2026speak indeed\u2026Weiwei\u2026with your big mouth that earned whips and bricks ever since you learned to talk\u2026and love from the people\u2026the small\u2026the poor\u2026the nameless\u2026babies poisoned by fake milk who had no time to cry mama\u2026children crushed under schools\u2026 their bags flew across the sky like a dragon\u2026seeking their names\u2026you raked through the rubble\u2026through government files\u2026hide-and-seek with cops\u2026beaten until your brain hemorrhaged \u2026and you speak\u2026in Germany\u2026Tiananmen Square\u2026you speak\u2026 watching your studio ransacked\u2026 bulldozed\u2026and you speak\u2026threatened\u2026under house arrest \u2026 and you speak\u2026inviting the guards into your studio for a cup of tea\u2026and you speak \u2026I\u2019m used to pain\u2026you say\u2026and I\u2019m ready to die suddenly or to disappear\u2026I\u2019m the last son\u2026 you say\u2026to your tormentors\u2019 eyes\u2026 I\u2019m here for you\u2026 so your babies will never again have to drink milk laced with poison\u2026so your daughter will never wonder when the classroom ceiling will drop on her\u2026so your parents will have shelter medicine food\u2026 so you will never have to work at this job\u2026avoiding my eyes as you burn cigarettes into my chest\u2026push my face under the water\u2026I\u2019m here for you\u2026all of you who speak the truth\u2026for China\u2026hello hello hello\u2026\u672a\u672a\u2026I mean why can\u2019t you keep your mouth shut and enjoy what you have\u2026I mean you got money\u2026I mean you got fame\u2026I mean you got a beautiful wife and a two-year-old son\u2026don\u2019t you want him to grow up like a normal child?…but I am the son\u2026the last son of China\u2026I have to speak as long as I have breath\u2026no matter how thin\u2026even if you tear out my tongue\u2026I\u2019ll still have my teeth\u2026even if you pull out my teeth\u2026I\u2019ll still have my eyes\u2026 even if you gouge out my eyes\u2026I\u2019ll still have my ears\u2026even if you pierce my eardrums\u2026I\u2019ll still have my hands\u2026 even if you chop off my hands\u2026I\u2019ll still have my guts \u2026even if you grind up my guts\u2026 I\u2019ll still have my heart that won\u2019t stop beating\u2026 even if you smash my heart into a million pieces\u2026 they will turn into a billion sunflower seeds\u2026 I mean how can you stop a sunflower from facing the sun…how can you stop the sun from lighting up the earth…hello hello hello\u2026Ai Weiwei\u20269 weeks have passed\u202663 days and nights \u20261,523 hours\u2026that\u2019s 5,482,800 heartbeats from each of us\u2026whose heartstrings are tied to yours\u2026\u672a\u672a\u2026the last son of China…\u827e\u672a\u672a\u2026pulse of the earth\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026…<\/p>\n

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