Michael Coy Poet Sonnet

Marxism For Dummies 3

There’s far more kinds of Lefty than just one.
There’s Marx and Morris, Blanc, Bakunin, Blum,
the Comintern, the Spartakists, the POUM,
St-Just, Zinoviev and Saint-Simon.

The working class may ask how this lot failed it:
so many brands, but nobody is buying.
So why’s the Trot from Trier death-defying?
Well, Marx explained it, ascertained it, nailed it.

The Gradgrinds have their Hueys and Husqvarnas.
A self-sufficient paradise is nice,
(if beri-beri lets you live on rice),
but who will bring bikinis and bananas?

We’re trapped inside the capital machine,
and drip-fed baseball, bingo, Benzedrine.

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Darren White March 17, 2017 at 5:04 AM It will forever fail for that reason. Which is a shame (don't let me say that aloud, they'll look at me as if I am a terrorist). I will have to look up all to me unknown references you mention, and I will. But I get the gist of it. It's a pessimistic future we are facing. Michael Coy March 17, 2017 at 5:26 AM Your industry astounds me! I know what you mean by the "terrorist" remark. A European point of view is a special thing. Some of us are wilder than Wilders!