Tuesday 12 May 2015

DEATH OF A POET 2


Stalin didn't give a damn
about the death of Mandelstam

He enjoyed the hunt the cunning sham
teasing the soul of Mandelstam

To the slaughter went the lamb
no-one cried for Mandelstam

from near Kolyma came a telegram
death was slow for Mandelstam

The brakes still screech the doors still slam
the silence speaks of Mandelstam

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