LAST THOUGHTS ON FIDEL
TO THOSE ABOUT TO LIE, AND THOSE WHO SALUTE YOU,
NEVER HAS SO MUCH, BEEN STOLEN FROM SO MANY,
BY SO FEW.
THE LIBERAL COMMENTARIAT KNOWS A THING OR TWO
ABOUT THAT. ET TU BRUTE? ET TU?
I’M WATCHING LATE NIGHT TELEVISION,
WITH THE RADICALS CALLING THE SHOTS.
THEY’RE REVIEWING WEST-END MUSICALS,
WHILE THE WORLD’S DOWNTRODDEN ROTS.
THE PHILOSOPHERS OF ‘CAUSE CELEBRE’
ARE LIVING ON BORROWED FAME.
WHILE ALL ALONG THE BOULEVARDS
JIHADISTS CARVE THEIR NAME.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ANGRY BRIGADE?
RED MOLE, AND BLACK DWARF?
THE ANTHEMIC SHAM OF STREET FIGHTING MAN
HAS WELL AND TRULY RUN ITS COURSE.
BLACK LIVES ABUSED, FAKE NEWS IS USED
TO ENSURE NO ONE GETS THE BLAME.
BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SPEAK TO,
THERE’S A MAN DOWNTOWN TAKING NAMES.
THE RADIO SAID, ‘EL COMMANDANTE IS DEAD',
BUT THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM LIVES ON.
WHILE THE GHOST OF BATISTA, SITS IN TRUMP TOWER,
[FORMERLY THE PENTAGON].
YOU WERE THERE ON THAT DAY, WITH RAUL, AND CHE',
IN TUXPAN, AS THE GRAMMA SET SAIL.
WHILE THE BULLWHIPS CRACKED, THE POVERTY SHACKS
OFFERED REFUGE ALONG THE TRAIL.
NO ONE KNEW THEN, AS NO ONE KNOWS NOW,
WHEN THE CHANGE WOULD COME.
A TINY SPARK CAN LIGHT UP THE DARK.........
‘VIVA LA LIBERACION!’
Greg Freeman
Wed 9th Sep 2020 09:35
I love this stanza: 'Whatever happened to the Angry Brigade? / Red Mole, and Black Dwarf? / The anthemic sham of Street Fighting Man/ has well and truly run its course." Good questions. The Stones have now opened a merchandise shop in London with their silly lips and tongue logo well to the fore. The song itself had a self-deprecating truth to it. 'The anthemic sham of Street Fighting Man.' That's a great line! And perfect iambic pentameter!