Best Gorbachev Poems

Glasnost, unmuted voice, long overdue 
Once Berlin Walls and Iron Curtains fell,
Regime of old school fools he overthrew
Brave Afghan Soviet troops still live to tell.
Achieved social democracy at last,
Cold war, diplomatically, put to rest.
Hard wired propaganda of the past -
Exculpated lies of Wicked Wild West.
Victorious...

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Perestroika, a love letter


Glasnost beaten by the devil
prison camps revitalized
repression modernized
 	for the new world
	new wars the same young men die
Ukraine's children bleed red

Putin's delusions
unraveled Russian humanity

He could suffer no longer
he sang songs at the piano
in reminisce
languishing in time
that seemed to move backwards
solitude became intolerable

A...

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