What do you believe?
What do you know?
…
Mistake?
Terror?
Weapon?
Disaster?
…
Holodomor and beyond.
Emptiness, death,
betrayal, dearth.
Immoral,
evil,
depravity,
ultimate stupidity.
…
Stalin eats cake,
smokes,
chokes,
fears the shadow of his plush settee,
and shoots his left foot to spite his right.
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Beyond this,
out of respect,
my page remains blank.
Empty,
but not starved.
Quiet
but not dead.
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Lest we forget,
humanity’s regret.
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