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Russian Poets
Only in Russia is poetry respected. It gets
people killed. Is there
anywhere else where poetry is so common a
motive for murder?
We have gotten into trouble over you
Back in the Cold War and now this hot one
But maybe the investigators’ fear
Was not Communism, but mere literacy
O Mandelstam, you died for words and truth
They say, dear Tsvetaeva, that you hanged
yourself
And Gumilyov, they simply had you shot –
The Silver Age in truth was one of lead
In America no one dies for poetry
Working fast food can be a death penalty,
though
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