The Rites of Passages

On a brisk fall day in 74
while Vietnam's shadow lay midst the Cold War
and Nixon's reign had just been cursed
Gerard Charles Steger was eagerly birthed

To a young Chinese couple, what more could they ask?
"Chung wan, chung fat, moo goo gai gai pas"
which means for those of you who don't speak Cantonese,
His head's gigantic, his body's a flea.

Now his early days began in the North,
Out of little China his legend comes forth
like one of those stories you've heard from the past,
a held down man breaking out of his caste.

I like this one.  

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