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Former Soviet Union Sonnet

Posted by WilkyBarKid on January 25, 2008 - 00:14
from the ABC set 2008

Where were you in the Cold War, father?
Dancing with Comrade H from Steppes?
Working yourself into a lather
Soft soaping czars with Maffia reps?
Wearing sweat shop designer labels?
Drinking tourists under the tables?
Selling second hand atom bombs?
Covering up Party pogroms?
Running rifles past the embargo?
Training sleeper cells in Pinner?
Burning dissident books in a
Holiday home Archipelago?
Son, I was at the L.S.E.
Reading Law and the N.M.E.

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Comments

Margharita | January 25, 2008 - 00:20

Enjoyed this very much. 'Dancing with Comrade H from Steppes' - dear God, what a thought.

kim.rooney | January 25, 2008 - 07:07

Ah, this is so nicely constructed and it made me smile- me who studied sociology at a Poly. I thought I would mend the world with my understanding of Marxist economics and feminist literary theory. Ha ha all round.

tcook | January 25, 2008 - 14:25

Ah - but do we ever need a Marxist understanding of economics at this moment. Are we in the 'crisis of capitalism'? Has it been brought on by global warming? Can we survive in a no growth economy? If ever there was a time for a re-understanding of Marxist principles, it is now.

The poem, by the way, is a corker!