House of Paine

TOPPLING MY RED PALS

25 years ago this week 

Hanoi avengers
defying a scowling Peking 
 toppled for their own ends 
that amazing moon yellow 
Stalin troll 
 the ever so   bloody fisted
 MR. POL POT of Phnom pen 

 now SOME  GOODLY FOLKS 
 MIGHT SAY 
that was a 
 A TYRANT TOPPLE
 WORTH A FIG LEAF or two 

and red on red to boot 

 I SAY NOT SO 

OF COURSE  I DO 
I’M
a prime directive kind of guy 

 NATIONAL  SELF DETERMINATION
and noninterference 
NO MATTER WHAT 



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 by the way
MY CHILDREN 

 old pinky played 
a nanopart in that saga 

a shameless hack  
pro pro black jack POL 
nanopart 

 and yes
 to be  sort of 
HONEST ABOUT IT 

the blood of mr POL’s victims is 
 on pinkies NANO fists too 

aidin’and abettin’
aidin’ and abettin’ 

plenty of blood to go around there 
amongst our various
PRO PEKING  red figments 


shades of the moscow trial
whitewashes 

 probably worse 

but but but 

“ and yet you can live
 with yourself ya 
 RUNNING DOG ya ”

ah yes 
indeed I
can comrades 

and  what a tale 
 for another day 
my self acceptance makes