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Like the goriest of Goya
or a low rent Guernica,
where no horses are killed,
only humans.
Gulaged brothers fall
or a low rent Guernica,
where no horses are killed,
only humans.
Gulaged brothers fall
for a Jewish Goddess
but the camp guardians
treat her ungodly.
All in a book by a Brit,
but the camp guardians
treat her ungodly.
All in a book by a Brit,
surnamed famous,
I.e., Amis.
It is a novel
I.e., Amis.
It is a novel
about thousands encamped
in an Arctic hovel.
Violence is banal happenstance
in an Arctic hovel.
Violence is banal happenstance
but love springs eternal
and death is dirty
and diurnal.
One can survive
and death is dirty
and diurnal.
One can survive
but not the others
yet Russia is
the mother of mothers
Whose children are
yet Russia is
the mother of mothers
Whose children are
naturally brawlin'
under the post-war
reign of Stalin.
under the post-war
reign of Stalin.
Martin Amis House of Meetings A QUOTE FROM p.92 OF THIS EDITION: If God really cared about us, he would never have given us religion. |
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