Kim Jong-un was a child once,
looking to Jong-il as a son
looks to a father.
Kim Jong-un was a child once,
filled with the innocence of age.
All of the same form,
earth born and bound,
nothing more,
or less,
supreme,
as any child.
© Mark William Jackson
'Great successor' visits body of Kim Jong-il
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Mark William Jackson is a Sydney based poet whose work has appeared in various print and online journals including; Best Australian Poems 2011, Popshot (UK), Going Down Swinging, Cordite, Blue Crow and SpeedPoets.
