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Appendix Ⅲ To the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

To the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

I rather hunt as Greeks of old<br />

for golden fleece as I was told<br />

but I must hunt for something new<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

I’d search for gold of distant shores<br />

like the good old old conquistadors<br />

but search I must on the Yalu<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

I’d like to think of coming peace<br />

of budding flowers, humming bees<br />

but all my thoughts are going to<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

I hope to see my folks again,<br />

I hope for sunshine after rain<br />

I hope to see, will it come through,<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

I wish that people would agree<br />

to live, at last, in harmony<br />

I wish to see, but that won’t do<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

As all men, one day I’ll die<br />

and go to heaven if I may<br />

I hope to God he won’t come too<br />

the Stationmaster of Sinuiju<br />

*Source: Robert Chappelet, interpreter in Sinûiju, North Korea, 1953.<br />

566 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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