poem
Volume 22, Number 2

Double Fuck the Party Central Committee
草泥马挡中央

i. 草 cǎo
cǎo
grass; straw; draft of a manuscript

ii. 泥
mud

iii. 马
horse

iv. 挡 dǎng
dǎng
block; hinder; resist; obstruct; cover; keep off;

v. 中央 zhōngyāng
zhōngyāng
central, short for central committee

vi. 草泥马挡中央cǎo ní mǎ dǎng zhōngyāng
cǎo ní mǎ dǎng zhōngyāng
The caption to a photo of Chinese visual artist
Ai Weiwei (艾未未), naked, holding a figurine of a grass and mud horse over his crotch.
In some versions the caption substitutes裆 dāng (crotch) for 挡 dǎng (block)

vii. 肏 cào
cào
to copulate, fuck

viii. 你妈 nǐmā
nǐmā
two characters that mean “you” and “mother”; combined, “your mother.”
In Chinese, “your mother” of similar gravity as the English “fuck.”

ix. 党 dǎng
dǎng
political party, the Communist Party

x. 肏你妈cào nǐmā
cǎo-ní-mǎ
a homophone for cào nǐmā.

xi. 肏你妈党中央
“Fuck your mother, or double fuck, the Communist Party Central Committee.”

Ai Weiwei disappeared on April 3rd, 2011 after his arrest
by the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.


肏你妈党中央


—Caleb Powell