JUMP CUT
A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

The Last Word: Peace in Vietnam

(from Jump Cut, no. 7, 1975, p. 27 )

The Wheel of Law
by Ho Chi Minh

The wheel of the law turns
without pause.

After the rain, good weather.
In the wink of an eye

the universe throws off
its muddy clothes.

For ten thousand miles
the land

spreads out like a beautiful brocade.
Light breezes. Smiling flowers.

High in the trees, among
the sparkling leaves

all the birds sing at once.
People and animals rise-up reborn.

What could be more natural?
After sorrow, comes joy.