A Russian Immigrant once asked Ilhan Omar: “O Congresswoman, do you have to mar all things Israeli? Your wrathful tweets do lack a balanced view of the Near East.” His pleas ignored, A Russian Immigrant then turned to the elected whipper-tweeter from Detroit: “I want to know, Representative Tlaib, do you rehearse or is it all ad lib?” No answer followed. A Russian Immigrant still had a lingering hope the Squad would grant his wish: “Please, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, give Israel another fighting chance.” And only Senator Sanders knew their ruse: The Soviet rhetoric is mightier than the truth.
The Soviet Rhetoric (After Mayakovsky)
A Russian Immigrant once asked Ilhan Omar:
“O Congresswoman, do you have to mar
all things Israeli? Your wrathful tweets
do lack a balanced view of the Near East.”
His pleas ignored, A Russian Immigrant then turned
to the elected whipper-tweeter from Detroit:
“I want to know, Representative Tlaib,
do you rehearse or is it all ad lib?”
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Maxim D. Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer is a bilingual author and a professor at Boston College. He was born in Moscow
and emigrated in 1987. His recent books include A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas
and Immigrant Baggage, a memoir. Shrayer’s new collection of poetry, Kinship, was published in May, 2024.
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