Hello miss pretty bitch

 the street drummer

calls out in Korean

no doubt thinking it

a compliment

a pleasant surprise

cinched with red ribbons

for Christmas the day

select theatres will gift us

with The Interview

a comedy in which

two American journalists

ignite Kim Jong-un’s face

freedom has prevailed

the film’s star Seth Rogen

says about the release

the same was thought

at the time of Korea’s release

from the Japanese Empire

though then the Korean War

began and compared to war

what’s so bad about a movie

anyway even war can be funny

and now a drummer

in New York says

you got a smile

that could light up

the whole town

though I’m not smiling

thinking about villages

and cities of what became

North Korea set on fire

sending puddles of twilight

into sunless skies

as if flames could stab

but his freedom

of speech prevails

freedom always prevails

which is why we get to see

two Americans

incinerate a Korean face

on Christmas

hold our popcorn

and chocolate bars

and laugh as the dictator

explodes in tune

to a pop song

laugh as American

soldiers would laugh

at Korean children

chanting hello hello

gibu me choco-let

with wartime hunger

laugh as they choose

which face

to light up