1970 Fu

1970 Fu

In the late 1970s when I was a kid, there was this Kung Fu movie on the local TV channel

The color of the movie is washed out 

Lines chase down the screen 

The language dubbing is more than a little out of synch

I sat wrapped in flannel

It was getting near Fall

Night time shadows grow longer inside the house

Back to the important part, the Kung Fu movie

I don't remember the name of the movie, but the end haunts my consciousness.

These two guys start fighting on a steam engine train in the woods

One of the guys is a cop

Solves every case, catches every bad guy

He's super tough good guy

The other one is a bad guy

Very bad

He kills a man just because he's bored

He's killed lots of people with his martial art skills

The good and bad fight and fight and fight

Off the train, into the woods

The fight rages on and on

The words, and the pain, rage on and on

Finally the cop wins

Finally, the words and all the pain that no one can surrender, wins

The movie title should be something fantastic

Maybe “Fists of the Dragon Cop” or “The Golden Battle of Good and Evil” or “Fury of the Legends”

I've never seen that slice of 1970 Fu since that night, but I know this movie is as real as hatred, 

        peace, 

        greed, 

        love, 

        hope,          

        good, evil, life, and death I know it's real that good can defeat evil

I know it's real that good should win

Good should win

Good will win 1970 Fu