When from his cave, young Mao in his youthful mind <br />A work to renew old China first designed, <br />Then he alone interpreted the law, <br />and from tradtional fountains scorned to draw: <br />But when to examine every part he came, <br />Marx and Confucius turned out much the same.<br /><br />Carolyn Kizer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cultural-evolution/