Brother Number One Reflects
But in another life I would have made
movies, comedies, would have starred in them,
too — me, a little jungle tramp, Comrade
Sar, charming, every move a wordless gem,
every sigh a violin, every wink
a trombone . . . I know you would have loved me
that way. But the people needed me. Think
of those pigs who ran things before — and seethe
at the memory of their cars, their faits
accomplis, their command of the king’s ear,
their women. We had to eliminate
them. And those dog-people in the east, hear
them howling now. We put the truth above
all else — this is history, this is love.
© Michael Fleming
Brattleboro, Vermont
June 2010
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