China urges UN action on N Korea
"The nuclear test... marks a historic event... It will contribute to defending peace and stability"

We planted you, dark ark,
a nimbus which blooms in the ground.
Do you know how they listen?
Their white fingers sift
the soil like army ants
across oceans, across history.
What will they say when you flower
in darkness, a light no one sees? You're our
debutante, matured in mystery,
clothed in white, a haloed crown
set to your head. Your cuckold brother
will rise in ceremonial suits,
and his rivals will bear swords
quaking in fear to herald your birth.